[Static correction of lagophthalmos in chronic facial palsy].

Choice of surgical option for lagophthalmos correction (use of encircling allotendinous string or fixation of medial aspect of the lower tarsal plate) in patients with chronic facial palsy is proved. This technique was reinforced with dissection of the tendon or superior tarsal muscle resection and lateral canthopexy. The advantages of surgical methods considering clinical aspects (in particular the degree of medial canthal tendon laxity) are shown.

[The first experience in using the stabilized hyaluronic acid preparation to correct lagophthalmos].

The authors report the results of the first experience in using the stabilized hyaluronic acid preparation in patients with lagopthalmos in the presence of facial nerve palsy and thyroid eye disease and resultant keratopathy of varying degrees. The study included 21 patients, including 15 patients with facial nerve palsy and 6 with endocrine ophthalmopathy. The gel was injected externally to the levator aponeurosis and/or intramuscular, and/or under the pretarsal portion of the orbicularis oculi muscle, and/or subcutaneously.

[Experimental assessment of various external tarsorrhaphy techniques].

The authors first examined morphological differences in interpalpebral fibrous adhesions after "tongue-in-groove" tarsorrhaphy and tarsorrhaphy with additional periosteal fixation. Postsurgical interpalpebral fibrous adhesions indicate the advantages of tarsorrhaphy with periosteal fixation over "tongue-in-groove" tarsorrhaphy and suggest its preference for palpebral fissure narrowing and static correction of lagophthalmos.

Spectroscopic evidence of spinel phase clustering in solid solutions Hg(1-x)Cr(x)Se (0.03 ≤ x ≤ 0.1).

The diluted magnetic semiconductors Hg(1-x)Cr(x)Se (0.03≤x≤0.1) were prepared by the solid state recrystallization method.

[The balanced perioperative analgesia using movalis after open cholecystectomy performance].

Movalis, included in complex of perioperative anesthesy, efficacy was studied in 30 patients after elective cholecystectomy. Complex assessment of analgetic action of the preparation, taking into account the influence of nociceptive processes, basing on investigation of electric cutaneous threshold in various regimens of stimulation in the dermatome incision, was conducted. It was established that under the influence of Movalis the spontaneous and induced pain intensity is lowering due to its action on the processes of primary and secondary hyperalgesia.

[The anisotropy of the skin of the precordial area in patients with stable and unstable stenocardia].

Coronary patients were studied for the precordial area skin anisotropic properties with the aid of EHF differential-diagnostic reflectometry. Disclosed in the patients were the following points of anisotropia: E18S in the 5th intercostal space along the medioclavicular line on the left, E18D--a symmetric point on the right, R24S in the 3d intercostal space along the parasternal line on the left, R24D--a symmetric point on the right. The value for anisotropia determined by anisotropia factor in decibels will rest with the degree of abnormal changes on the cardiac muscle, which fact has been documented by electrocardiographic findings.

[The use of differential reflectometry in the EHF range as a new method in the diagnosis of ischemic heart disease].

Described in the article is a new method of EHF differential reflectometry for ischemic heart disease (IHD), which relies on measurement of the anisotropy factor (AF) in sites of precardiac integumentum of patients in the millimeter range. A total of 30 patients were examined divided into six groups according to different functional classes. It is for the first time that anisotropy zones have been identified in IHD patients.

[Cane for the blind with a device for detecting and recognizing pedestrian obstacles].

The paper deals with the development of methods and a device for the blind to walk by orientating himself through remotely contacting study of what has happened and is happening on the road. An optoelectron method for detection of vertical obstacles and ground gaps has been proposed. The authors have drawn up the structural and functional diagrams of a device which is combined with a walking-stick and which makes it possible to detect 3 types of pedestrian obstacles with appropriate sound signalling.