[The multidisciplinary approach to the diagnostics and surgical treatment of the lacrimal passages].

The primary objective of the present study was to highlight the current state of research on the pathology of the lacrimal organs based on the results of the analysis of the relevant publications in the domestic and foreign scientific literature. Special attention in this review is given to the problems of diagnostics, indications for the probing, the treatment and stenting strategies. The authors report their original observations contributing to the better understanding of the anatomical features of the nasolacrimal passages.

[Comparative experimental morphological study of the impact of various drainages for cyclodialysis to the adjacent tissues].

The investigation was made on 8 eyes (4 rabbits) undergone cyclodialysis with the hydrogen or collagenic drainage being introduced into the supraciliary cleft. Comparative pathohistological study indicated the evident advantages of a hydrogel implant ensuring the drainage function of the formed cyclodialysis cleft throughout the experiment (5 weeks). By contrast, subject to resolution, the collagenic drainage spurred the early development of young connective tissue in the cyclodialysis cleft just on day 14 after implantation.

[Radical removal of carotid chemodectoma followed by prosthetic repair of the internal carotid artery].

Presented herein is a case report of successful surgical management of a 34-year-old female patient diagnosed with carotid chemodectoma, a relatively rare pathology vascular surgeons come across and have to deal with. A comprehensive examination (including duplex scanning of cervical arteries, multispiral CT angiography) revealed a 7 x 8 cm cervical tumour completely invading the walls of both the external and internal carotid arteries, thus requiring their resection, followed by prosthetic replacement of the internal carotid artery with a synthetic graft. The postoperative period turned out uneventful.

[Role of multispiral CT angiography in diagnosis and treatment of patients with chronic cerebral circulatory insufficiency].

Implementing in our clinical practice multispiral CT angiography (MSCTA) of the brachiocephalic arteries into the diagnostic algorithm has made it possible to somewhat deviate from the "golden standard", i.e., the conventional contrast-enhanced angiography, in determining the indications for surgical interventions in a total of 328 patients presenting with chronic cerebral circulatory insufficiency (CCCI).