[Laser surgery and phototherapy of the larynx and laryngopharynx under indirect laryngoscopy]

Abstract

The authors elaborated the equipment and technique of endolaryngeal laser surgery under indirect laryngoscopy in conditions of local anesthesia as well as phototherapy of the larynx with coherent and noncoherent monochromatic light in the postoperative period. Therapy was conducted and assessment of its efficacy was made in 93 patients with benign tumours, cysts of the larynx and laryngopharynx, cicatricial membranes of the middle regions of the larynx. The efficacy of the given method was assessed on the basis of long-term laryngoscopic studies, stroboscopy and acoustic measurements of the voice. Indications and contraindications to the mentioned therapy have been specified.