METHOD FOR LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE PHOTOTHERAPY IN CHRONIC NASAL POLYPOSIS Russian patent published in 2015 - IPC A61N5/06 A61B18/20 A61K31/44 A61P39/06 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: preliminary interstitial laser-induced heat treatment with high-energy laser beam covering nasal polyp tissue is followed by introducing 1% emoxipine in an amount up to 1.0 ml into a polyp stroma. A distal end of a flexible light pipe of AFS/IK light-emitting-diode therapy apparatus emitting infrared light is brought to the polyp. A light power is 60 mW/cm²; a spot diameter is up to 2 cm. The polyp is illuminated for 5 minutes daily for 7 days.

EFFECT: method enables accelerating the process of nasal polyp tissue shrinking and necrotising tissue rejection that is ensured by fast accumulation of an antioxidant in the polyp stroma induced by the phototherapy, lipid peroxidation suppression, and improved antioxidant tissue protection.

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