The dynamics of the healing of experimentally reproduced bone defects filled with different polyacrylamide gel-based compounds

Time course of healing of standard osseous defects by introduction of polyacrylamide gel (PAG)-based materials was studied in rat experiments. PAG did not prevent the formation of soft-tissue and osseous regenerate in bone defects. Addition of hydroxyapatite, bactericidal agent, and lysozyme to PAG-based composition led in some cases to development of chronic inflammation and giant-cell reaction in osseous wound and to inhibition of the reparative processes.     

The methods of traditional medicine in outpatient polyclinic practice

Some 7950 patients have been treated at the traditional medicine department of the Consulting and Diagnostic Center N52, 2/3rds of them came after long and unsuccessful medicamental treatment. Psychotherapy, manual therapy and acupuncture-reflex methods were successful in 86-93% of cases. They are recommended for local clinics provided that the latter are properly equipped and stuffed.     

Visual evoked potentials and the P300 component in different courses of the posttraumatic vegetative state

The late latency components of visual evoked potentials (VEP) and the component P300 AEP were analyzed to evaluate their informative value in the process of mental function restoration in patient after long-term traumatic coma. VEP components with latencies of 70 to 320 msec were studied in 24 patients. Topographical mapping of the power of the study VEP components and components P300 was made by the peak amplitude. Long-term VEP components and component P300 were examined by the method of three-dimensional localization of equivalent dipole sources. In 16 patients with positive tendencies in the condition there was a stable localization of the maximum VEP power in the parietal, sagittal, and occipital regions, component P300 showed its maximum amplitude in the central and parietal regions in the left hemisphere. Eight patients with negative tendencies in the status had the maximum VEP and component P300 in the frontal and temporal regions, predominantly in the right hemisphere. The paper shows it important to evaluate not only time-amplitude parameters and analyzes the tomographic features of its formation in dynamics.     

Treatment of urinary fistulas with allogenic fibroblasts growth culture

15(2.4%) of 601 patients (392 have undergone transvesical adenomectomy, 111 had gunshot wound of the external genitalia and small pelvis organs, 98 had closed pelvic traumas, injuries of the urinary bladder and posterior urethra) were treated for persistent urinary fistulas with human allogenic fibroblasts growth cultures grown in the artificial medium. Before transplantation into the fistula tracts, the fibroblasts were grown in bioreactor on the microcarriers. Application of allogenic fibroblast growth culture has reduced hospital stay to 7.5 days. This method is simple and effective in inpatients. Use of allogenic fibroblasts allows to create bank of cell transplants for application in clinical practice.     

The lipid profile in patients with obesity who have undergone vertical gastroplasty

The effect of vertical banded gastroplasty (VBG) on the lipid profile in obese patients is considered. The antiatherogenic effect of VBG and of the following weight loss consists in significantly decreased plasma triglycerides, increased content of high-density lipoproteins and decreased atherogenic coefficient. Patients with hypercholesterolemia have significantly lower total plasma cholesterol by the period of the body mass stabilization. The effect of VBG is compared with that of other methods of correction of dyslipidemia. The possibility to improve this effect is also discussed.