Taking into account the severity of middle ear pathology and the Eustachian tube function, three methods of "closed" surgery were applied to 132 patients with chronic purulent-caries epimesotympanitis. On post-operation days 2-15, 85 patients were exposed to internal or external laser therapy. As a result, the post-operation therapy period was 5-6 days shorter and the healing quality of the treated ear a year after was better than in the absence of laser therapy. It is concluded that the method of "closed" surgery should be chosen on an individual basis and that its combination with early post-operation laser therapy yields good results.
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