Use of polycaprolactone grafts for small-diameter blood vessels.

Current trends are toward actively developing approaches of tissue engineering, aimed at creating vascular grafts of small diameter. This is due to the existing in cardiovascular surgery demand for prostheses to be used in coronary artery bypass grafting. The present work was undertaken in order to assess possibilities of using smalldiameter vascular grafts made of biodegradable polymer polycaprolactone by means of electrospinning.

[Effect of polyoxyalkanoate -based cover on properties of suture material].

The results of a surgical intervention and, in particular, reconstructive operations on arteries are largely influenced by suture material. Despite a wide range of choice, the market concerned lacks suture material which would make it possible to decrease the risk of thrombosis in the area of the vascular anastomosis. In order to increase bio- and haemocompatibility, the surface of a polypropylene thread was covered with a layer based on polyoxyalkanoates - polyhydroxybutyrate and copolymer polyhydroxybutyrate-oxyvaleriate (PHBV).

[Metabolic and genetic predictors of restenosis and thrombosis of arterial bioprostheses in the femoropopliteal position].

The present study was aimed at analysing the role of certain cytokines in the development of restenosis and thrombosis of biological prostheses "KemAngioprosthesis", as well as assessing the effect of polymorphic variants of genes on expression of pro- and anti-inflammatory interleukins. Group One (n=52) was composed of patients with an unfavourable outcome (prosthesis restenosis, accompanied by thrombosis in 35 patients). Group Two (n=59) comprised patients with functioning and unaltered prostheses.

[Stereoscopic vision evaluation in patients after binocular implantation of different intraocular lens models].

Stereoscopic vision in patients after binocular implantation of different intraocular lens (IOL) models was evaluated. 24 patients (48 eyes) after cataract surgery were enrolled in the study. Follow-up was 12 months.

[Comparative analysis of arterial bioprostheses with various antithrombotic modification].

The present study was aimed at comparing the results of remote patency ol arterial bioprosthcses «KemAngioprosthesis» in infrainguinal position with various antithromhotic modifi cation. We analyzed the outcomes in a total of 133 patients who were subdivided into two groups: Group I (n=91) underwent implantation of hioprostheses with antithrombotic modifi calion by non-fractionated heparin. and Group II (n=42) received prostheses treated with low-molecular-weight heparin «Clexane».