Vestnik otorinolaringologii
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Vestn. Otorinolaringol. · Jan 2012
[The application of a CO(2)-laser for tonsillectomy in the patients presenting with chronic decompensated tonsillitis as an alternative to the traditional methods of surgical treatment].
to estimate the clinical efficiency and advantages of the surgical treatment of palatal tonsils with the use of a CO(2)-laser in comparison with the traditional methods of tonsillectomy. ⋯ The study confirmed the high clinical efficiency of the ablation of palatal tonsils using the CO(2)-laser and its advantages in terms of reduced duration of the postoperative period, requirements for analgesic and antibacterial medications, recovery of the swallowing function and speech.
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The author summarizes the original experience with the surgical treatment of gunshot wounds on the neck with reference to the specific approaches for the purpose dictated by the marked variability of the clinical course. An active surgical strategy is proposed depending on the character of tissue lesions, the form and direction of the wound canal.
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Pain tolerance was assessed in 44 volunteers by the analysis of their reports during blood collection using a 12-point verbal rating scale. Thereafter, pain intensity in response to 5 successive pricks was measured with a mechanical algesimeter, and the participants of the study were asked to evaluate pain sensation based on a 0-100 score visual-analogous scale. The test was discontinued as soon as a patient reported painful feeling in excess of 50 scores. ⋯ It was shown that the results of self-evaluation of painful sensation based on the verbal rating scale correlated with the number of tolerated test challenges. There was no significant correlation between the described signs. It is concluded that the methods for the assessment of pain tolerance described in this paper make it possible to predict the behaviour of a group as a whole but not of individual subjects.