[Analysis of changes in the position of the temporomandibular joint articular disc during positioning splint therapy according to magnetic resonance imaging data].

The Aim Of The Study: Was to assess an impact of positioning occlusal splints made by various methods on the position of the articular disc of the temporomandibular joint according to MRI data.

Materials And Methods: 40 patients (8 men and 32 women) aged from 18 to 60 years with temporomandibular joint pain dysfunction syndrome were examined (ICD-10 code K07.60).

[Duration of splint therapy in patients with temporomandibular joint disorders].

Aim: Studying the duration of treatment in patients with temporomandibular joint pain dysfunction syndrome, and the relationship of the duration of treatment with the age of the patient at the beginning of therapy.

Materials And Methods: The study was carried out using information from medical records of dental patients, information from additional examinations of patients who were treated at the National Medical Research Centre for Dentistry and Maxillofacial Surgery of the Ministry of Health of Russia from 2016 to 2022. Statistical research methods: to evaluate the normality of the distribution, graphical methods were used, as well as the Shapiro-Wilk criterion.

[Surgical treatment of coronary heart disease in elderly patients].

Current approaches to the provision of effective medical aid to elderly patients with cardiovascular diseases are discussed. Clinical characteristics of such patients, concomitant pathologies, the strategy and extent of cardiosurgical treatment and postoperative therapy are described The original observations are compared with literature data concerning the immediate postoperative outcomes, clinical features, and peculiarities ofsurgical intervention in the patients of this age group.

[Plastic surgery of the mitral valve in patients with coronary heart disease].

Modern approaches to cardiosurgical plastic intervention on the mitral valve in case of its ischemic insufficiency are discussed. Etiology of this condition, indications for surgery, and the history of such operations are described. It is concluded that plastic surgery of the mitral valve is the method of choice for the treatment of patients with coronary heart disease.

[Late repeated operations after correction of heart isolated septal defects].

Overall 812 patients with heart isolated septal defects have been operated. Repeated operations were performed at 23 patients. The follow-up ranged 6 months to 15 years.