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  • Title: [Efficacy of CO2 laser in the treatment of patients with chronic tonsillitis].
    Author: Zbyshko YB.
    Journal: Vestn Otorinolaringol; 2007; (5):57-9. PubMed ID: 18163082.
    Abstract:
    Efficacy of surgical treatment of patients with chronic tonsillitis using CO2 laser was evaluated by complaints, recurrence rate, local cellular immunity, clinical examination. Follow-up of 50 patients with chronic tonsillitis after ablation of the palatine tonsils by means of CO2 laser demonstrated that palatine tonsils ablation with CO2 laser is an effective method of chronic tonsillitis treatment as a pertistent positive effect was achieved after this operation: the absence of long-term recurrences and complaints, normalization of cytological picture.
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