[Effect of improved surgical anesthesiologic factors on the results of treatment of aneurysms of the abdominal aorta].

The purpose of this study was to compare the recent results of the abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) surgery, with the results for the patients operated ten years ago, and to identify the factors influencing the operative results. Two groups of patients were selected using a retrospective case series study. First group of patients (A) consisted of 32 cases operated in the period between 1984 and 1986, and the second group (B) consisted of those operated ten years later (from 1994 to 1996).

[Consciousness disorders in patients after carotid artery surgery].

The range of surgical management of the carotid arteries becomes every day wider. The most common cause of carotid arteries disease is atherosclerosis and its consequences for the brain, and more rarely anatomical anomalies. The majority of our patients had cerebral damage prior to the surgical procedure, so we have taken particular care to prevent cerebral perfusion disturbances following the operation.

[Neuropsychologic examination in the evaluation of level of consciousness in patients with a craniocerebral injury associated with multiple injuries].

Today's way of life, with its high level of mechanization and need for speed brings a large number of injuries to the working population. There is usually a wide range of injuries, among which are very often closed head injuries. Until today the whole focus was on the restoration of organic systems and very little attention was given to subtle deficits in the area of cognition and higher intellectual functions.