Minimally invasive multivessel coronary bypass surgery: Angiographic patency data.

Objective: Minimally invasive multivessel coronary artery bypass grafting (MIM CABG) has demonstrated its safety, effectiveness and high rate of reproducibility. However, minithoracotomy CABG is still rarely performed. In this study, we retrospectively analyze the CT-angiographic graft patency rates for the patients subjected to this operation.

[Bickerstaff's encephalitis].

A clinical case of Bickerstaff encephalitis, an autoimmune neuropathy, which affects central and peripheral nerve systems, is presented. This article describes problems of the diagnosis and treatment of the disease. Results of MRI, PET, electrophysiological and immunological studies are presented.

[Computed tomography in the diagnosis of tuberculous spondylitis complicated by neurological disorders].

Computed tomographic data were studied in 50 patients with evolutional forms of tuberculous spondylitis and 3 patients with its sequels. 95% of the patients were operated on. Cross sections displayed 3 variants of vertebral body destruction in tuberculous spondylitis.

[Clinical and radiographic manifestations of tuberculous spondylitis in adults].

Data on 348 adult patients with tuberculous spondylitis treated in 1994-1999 are analyzed. The radiation manifestations of spondylitis first occurring in maturity, which amount to 82.3% in the clinical setting were studied in 112 patients.