[Single-port laparoscopic cholecystectomy: advantages and disadvantages].

Aim: To analyze the outcomes of single-port laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

Material And Methods: Early and long-term postoperative period has been analyzed in 240 patients who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LCE) including 120 cases of single-port technique and 120 cases of four-port technique. Both groups were compared in surgical time, pain syndrome severity (visual analog scale), need for analgesics, postoperative complications, hospital-stay, daily activity recovery and return to physical work, patients' satisfaction of surgical results and their aesthetic effect.

[Open alloplasty of postoperative ventral hernias].

Early and long-term results of the open ventral postoperative hernia alloplasty in 118 patients have been analyzed. The onlay and sublay techniques of the hernioplasty have been employed. The frequency of complications, local status and quality of life were studied a year after the operation.

[Endovenous laser photocoagulation for the treatment of varicose vein disease of the lower extremities].

Varicose vein disease of the lower extremities is a challenging socio-medical problem because it is responsible for high disability rate and requires substantial expenditures. According to different authors, the disease occurs in 10.4-23.

[Endoscopic subfascial dissection of perforating veins of lower legs in patients with venous ulcers].

Prospective analysis of the results of endoscopic subfascial dissection of perforating veins of lower legs in 68 patients with venous ulcers is presented. Four patients developed postoperative wound infection. Mean duration of hospitalization was 4.

[Factors that determine the high blood viscosity syndrome in rheumatoid arthritis patients].

High blood viscosity is a syndrome that may be attributed to a group of the most important disorders of microcirculation under different pathological conditions of the body. The given syndrome manifests itself by disorders of red blood cell deformability (RBCD), high plasma and whole blood viscosity. 32 patients with a verified diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were examined, showing varying activity and systemic manifestations.