[Infrared telethermography in the diagnosis of testicular tumors].

Diagnostic potential of infrared extracorporeal thermography (IET) was studied in 334 males: 167 with testicular tumors, 42 with acute or chronic epididimitis, 33 with orchitis, 17 with hydrocele and 75 controls. To assess thermography more objectively in large-size testicular tumors and bilateral lesions, a new thermographic criterium T3 was used. IET sensitivity, specificity and efficacy in testicular cancer made up 92.

[Current methods of surgical rehabilitation of patients with pelvic exenteration].

An original procedure for supravesical urinary diversion to a small intestine pouch, intended to facilitate urination following pelvic exenteration, is suggested. Post-operative complications are minimized due to formation of a "dry" urinostomy, reduced pressure in the pouch and absence of reflux-pyelonephritis. If required, urine flow can be channeled to the pouch by connecting the sigmoid colon to the anal canal.

[The lack of knowledgeability of men about testicular tumors as a cause for the late diagnosis of this disease].

Five hundred and sixty-two males, aged 15-50 years, were questionnaired to assess their knowledge about testicular cancer, its early symptoms, treatment and role of self-examination in early diagnosis of tumor. Only 25 (4.5%) respondents answered all 9 questions correctly whereas 93 (16.

[Ways toward improvement of the results of cystectomy in bladder cancer].

Cystectomy with derivation of urine into large bowel reservoir was performed in 35 cases of bladder cancer including five females. Four patients (11.4%) died postoperatively.

[A method for forming a large-intestine reservoir for the urine].

Eighteen patients with cancer of the urinary bladder underwent cystectomy with formation of a large intestinal reservoir for urine. The terminal large intestinal portion, 15-20 cm, the cecum, the ascending colon, and the hepatic angle of the colon were excluded to produce a reservoir from the intestinal tube. Appendectomy was performed.

[Thermography in inflammatory and neoplastic diseases of the testis].

Thermographic examination of the scrotum was performed in 55 healthy males, 64 patients with nonspecific inflammatory lesions of the testicles and 44 cases of testicular tumor. In thermograms of the normal scrotum, cold zones provided the background for homogeneous isothermic images corresponding to the testicles. Inflammatory lesions showed atypical diffuse zones of increased thermogenic activity which were in some cases associated with hyperthermic stem foci in the inguinal-scrotal area.

[Lymphogenic metastasis in penile cancer].

Dissemination to regional lymph nodes was verified in 49 (18.8%) out of 260 cases of penile carcinoma. The frequency of metastasis in poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma was 2.