[Therapeutic effect of helium-neon laser on microcirculation of nasal mucosa in children with acute and chronic maxillary sinusitis as measured by conjunctival biomicroscopy].

Abstract

Using biomicroscopy of the bulbar conjunctiva, 65 patients, aged 6 to 15 years, with catarrhal and purulent forms of acute and chronic maxillary sinusitis were examined. At the repair stage the patients were exposed to laser therapy. The results give evidence that laser therapy produced a positive effect on microcirculation and reduced the potential of relapses. Low-energy helium-neon laser affected mostly vessel permeability (decrease of perivascular edema) and blood rheology (red blood cell aggregation). In terms of circulation changes, laser therapy was more beneficial in the case of acute maxillary sinusitis. Circulation lesions, that persisted after laser therapy in some patients with chronic maxillary sinusitis, can be attributed to stable morphological changes in the wall architectonics of microvessels of the nasal mucosa.

• Authors: I Kruchinina, L V Feniksova, S V Rybalkin, F F Pekli
• Journal: Vestnik otorinolaringologii (Vestn Otorinolaringol) 1991 May-Jun Issue 3 Pg. 26-30 ISSN: 0042-4668 [Print] Russia (Federation)
• Vernacular Title: Terapevticheskoe vliianie izlucheniia geliĭ-neonovogo lazera na mikrotsirkuliator-noe ruslo slizistoĭ obolochki nosa deteĭ, bol'nykh ostrym i khronischeskim gaĭmoritom, po dannym kon'iunktival'noĭ biomikroskopii.
• PMID: 1862594 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)

Topics

• Acute Disease
• Adolescent
• Child
• Chronic Disease
• Conjunctiva (blood supply)
• Humans
• Laser Therapy
• Maxillary Sinusitis (physiopathology, radiotherapy)
• Microcirculation
• Nasal Mucosa (blood supply, physiopathology)