[Problem in the diagnosis of anaerobic infections and dysbacteriosis in clinical dentistry]. / Problema diagnostiki anaérobnoi infektsii i disbakterioza v klinicheskoi stomatologii.

The fluorescence technique was proposed for rapid diagnosis of anaerobic infection. It determines the microbiocenosis of a wound, the gastrointestinal tract, maxillofacial region, and other pathologically changed organs and tissues. The technique allows one to follow the time course of changes in the microflora and in the pathological process during the treatment and follow-up of a patient. An attempt was made to establish a rapid diagnosis of intestinal dysbacteriosis and to evaluate its severity. A real-time feed-back unit was developed for the diagnosis of anaerobic infection. An anaerobic microflora model in dental caries was used to work out criteria for the informative value of the proposed technique and it was clinically tested.

[Current possibilities and prospects of using gas lasers in medicine. Laser therapy]. / Sovremennye vozmozhnosti i perspektivy ispol'zovaniia gazovykh lazerov v meditsine. Lazernaia terapiia.

Local laser radiation of human organism for therapeutical purposes can be looked upon as an efficient and controlled method of normalization of functioning of a number of organs. Laser units designed on the basis of industrial gas lasers are used on a large scale for treatment of vascular diseases and related ischemias in various parts of the human body.

[Current potentials and outlook for the use of gas lasers in medicine. Laser surgery]. / Sovremennye vozmozhnosti i perspektivy ispol'zovaniia gazovykh lazerov v meditsine. Lazernaia khirurgiia.

Gas lasers are now in common use in clinical practice due to such advantages as a wide range of wavelengths, high spatial coherence, diversity of power radiations, and adequate reliability. Continuous CO2 lasers and pulse Cu and CO2 lasers recently produced on the industrial basis offer new opportunities to improve the quality of laser surgical interventions, cutting biological tissues with high blood supply and lower water content (bones, fat, burns, etc.), visceral surgery via endoscopes. Further development of fiberoptic communications with due regard to individual laser spectrum and power is beneficial for expanding the range of medical engineering.