[Treatment of injuries of the major vessels].

Over 20 years (1982 - 2001) 84 patients (67 men, 17 women aged from 4 to 71 years) with vascular trauma were treated. In 84 patients 116 vessels were injured. Reconstructive surgeries were performed in 81 (96.

[Use of the device "microselectron" with high-speed delivery of Iridium-192 (192-Ir) in radiotherapy of some neoplastic diseases].

An experience of managing inoperable tumors of extrahepatic ducts in patients with medially- and centrally-localized breast tumors, using large doses of 192Ir radiation (10 curie) emitted from a MecroSelectron installation, is presented. The installation has proved instrumental in carrying out intraluminal and intrastitial radiotherapy since it provides access to localizations inaccessible by other means used in such procedures.

[Use of the internal mammary vessels (vasa thoracica interna) forirradiation of the parasternal region in breast cancer. 1].

The topographic-anatomical situation of parasternal lymph-nodes, of a. and v. thoracica interna were studied and a method for local irradiation of parasternal lymph-nodes was elaborated introducing discrete linear 60Co-radiation-sources into inner breast vessels.

[Hyperthermia in combined radiotherapy of cancer of the mouth mucosa].

Combined treatment of patients with cancer of the oral mucosa using a dynamic course of irradiation in combination with local hyperthermia was proposed. Altogether 55 patients were treated, of them in 51 (92.7%) complete tumor regression was achieved.

[Interstitial gamma irradiation of the parasternal area in breast cancer].

The authors substantiated the effectiveness of local irradiation of the parasternal lymph node chain by means of cylindrical 60Co sources of original design. Sizes of the sources: total length--65 mm, active length--60 mm, external diameter--1 mm. This type of irradiation as part of combined and multimodality therapy was used in 112 patients.

[The use of the "Selectron" apparatus in the radiotherapy of patients with uterine cancer].

The technique of combined radiotherapy of uterine cancer is described employing gammatherapy biaxial rotation and the intracavitary gammatherapy using radiotherapeutical catheter apparatus "Selectron" (Holland). At stage I combined radiotherapy irradiation has been applied daily (2 Gy 5 times weekly) with the total dose reaching 18-20 Gy. The treatment stage II involved intracavitary gamma irradiation by "Selectron".

[Short-term results of radiotherapy of cancer of the tongue and mouth floor mucosa using 60Co and 252Cf].

The authors presented the immediate and 3-year results of interstitial and combined therapy of 90 patients with cancer of the tongue and oral fundus mucosa. 60Co- and 252Cf-sources were employed in interstitial radiotherapy. There were no significant differences in therapeutic efficacy using different radiation sources.

[Comparative analysis of the results of combined radiotherapy of cervix cancer using 60Co sources of high and low activity for intracavitary irradiation].

The results of complex radiation therapy in 130 patients with cervical cancer were compared. Colpometrostats (components of AraT-B apparatus) with automatically-fed sources of 60Co high-level radiation were used for intracavitary treatment in 65 patients (group I). Gynecologic gamma-ray applicators with manually afterloaded 60Co low-level radiation sources were employed in group 2.

[Interstitial gamma therapy of recurrences and metastases of cancer of the uterus and rectum to the vagina].

The authors devised a technique of interstitial radiation therapy for locally disseminated vaginal recurrences and metastases that occur after the use of various therapeutic methods for uterine and rectal cancer. Indications and counterindications to interstitial radiation therapy with 60Co as an independent method or the main therapeutic component in combined or multimodality treatment, were determined. Methods of the topometric and dosimetric planning of treatment, methods of needle administration and fixation by the system of manual afterloading were developed.

[Combined treatment of inoperable stomach cancer].

The results of combination therapy of 66 patients with inoperable gastric cancer are presented. The complex of therapeutic measures included: preoperative gammatherapy with a single dose of 350--400 rad and total dosage up to 2400--3000 rad, palliative operations or explorative laparotomy with subsequent postoperative irradiation (up to 4500--6000 rad) or chemotherapy with 5-fluoruracil (up to 3--5 grams). The average survival of patients was 9.