[The social hygienic characteristic of patients with osteochondrosis of spine].

The spinal osteochondrosis takes leading role among diseases of the peripheral nervous system, being a serious social problem in many countries. The significant prevalence of this disease among individuals of able-bodied age, high disability rates, large economic losses condition the urgency of this problem, its epidemiological and socio-economic significance. The purpose of study is to analyze the socio-hygienic and clinical features of patients with osteochondrosis in the Kursk Regional Clinical Hospital.

[An effect of endoscopic cholecystectomy on neurological status, cognitive functions and anxiety feelings in women with chronic calculous cholecystitis].

A comparative clinical study of 136 female patients with uncomplicated chronic calculous cholecystitis, including 106 patients examined in the pre- and postoperative periods of endoscopic cholecystectomy, revealed the effect of chronic illness and surgery on the neurological status and cognition which was more pronounced in adulthood. We investigated anxiety feelings before and after surgery. Our findings should be taken into consideration in the preoperative preparation of patients and their care in the postoperative period.