[Intravascular laser irradiation of blood in the treatment of patients with lung abscess].

Intravascular blood laser irradiation has been introduced into a multimodality treatment of pulmonary abscesses in 47 patients. Intracavitary laser irradiation of the abscess or pleural empyema was performed in 10 cases. A suggested detoxication and immunostimulation related to the laser therapy was confirmed. The highest efficacy of the treatment was found for chronic pulmonary abscesses, the least one in decompensation associated with multiorgan failure.