[Comparative results of various methods of surgical treatment of severe forms of metabolic syndrome].

The data about metabolic syndrome (MS), characteristic for interrelationship of the main pathogenetic factors, are adduced. Along with positive moments, the faults of conservative therapy for MS are described, the indications for surgical treatment performance were substantiated and the results of its application in 220 patients, suffering severe forms of MS, were analyzed.

[Supravascular laser exposure in combined modality treatment of patients with arteriosclerosis obliterans of blood vessels of lower extremities].

The efficiency of supravascular laser exposure in multiple-modality treatment of patients with atherosclerosis obliterans with distal vascular lesions is demonstrated and the method of noninvasive laser exposure of the lower limbs is validated. Difficulties in the treatment of this category of patients prompted supplementing traditional therapy by supravascular laser exposure in 32 patients. No laser therapy was used in the controls.