[Treatment of chronic eczematous otitis externa].

Otitis externa is a common disease. The article discusses the anatomical and physiological features of the structure of the outer ear, the epidemiology of otitis externa. Acute inflammation is characterized by the presence of significant microflora, and most often it is preceded by the impact of various physical factors.

[Acoustic neurinomes of childhood].

The article presents a review of the literature on the vestibular schwannoma of childhood, the features of its clinical manifestations, diagnostic methods, methods of treating education and indications for their use.

[The peculiarities of the clinical picture and treatment of inflammatory ENT diseases in the frequently ill children].

The objective of the present study was the analysis of the current state of the problem of the frequently ill children. The authors present the classification of the frequently ill children together with information concerning the influence of various factors on the incidence of pediatric pathologies with special reference to the major pathogenic agents responsible for the formation of the areas of chronic inflammation in the ENT organs of the children. The approaches to the treatment and rehabilitation of the patients belonging to this age group requiring the follow-up monitoring are considered.

[Otomycosis: the modern view of etiology and management].

This article deals with the modern approaches to the diagnostics and treatment of fungal ear infection depending on the localization of the inflammatory process and the species of the causative fungal agent with special reference to the factors underlying the development of otomycosis under the present-day conditions based on the results of the analysis of the studies carried out during the period from 2010 to 2014. The materials of the examination of 2152 patients who applied for the medical care to various clinical departments of the Institute and were found to present with chronic inflammatory ear pathology were available for the analysis. Fungal lesions were diagnosed in 495 (23%) patients with this condition.

[The age-specific features of the pharyngeal tonsil in the adult subjects].

The authors studied the age-related features of the vascular organization of the adenoid tissue. A total of 46 subjects (n=46) were examined; they were divided into two groups one of which included subjects at the age from 7 to 12 years (n=25) whereas the other group was comprised of 21 subjects at the age from 18 to 42 years (n=21). 29 participants of the study were men (63%) and 17 (37%) women.

[The clinical manifestations and diagnostics of otitis media caused by tuberculosis].

The objective of the present study was to clarify the characteristic pathognomonic features of middle ear lesions associated with tuberculosis and the approaches to their diagnostics under the present-day conditions. The study included 11 cases (18 ears) of tuberculosis otitis media and the related lesions of the mastoid process diagnosed with the use of clinical, roentgenological, cytological, bacteriological, pathomorphological, and molecular-genetic methods (including PCR diagnostics). The primary localization of tuberculosis in the middle ear was documented in 6 patients; in 5 patients, it was associated with pulmonary involvement.

[The disturbances of vegetative homeostasis in the children suffering from vasomotor rhinitis].

The objective of the present work was to study the state of the vegetative homeostasis in 157 children presenting with vasomotor rhinitis. It was shown that the children with this pathology suffer from vegetative dysfunction. The forms of this disorder are various which require the mulidisciplinary approach to their diagnostics and treatment.

[Exudative otitis media in the childhood].

This review article was designed to systematize the literature data concerning etiology, pathogenesis, diagnostics and treatment of exudative otitis media (EOM) in the children. The review is focused on the prevailing current tendencies in the approaches to the problems of etiology, diagnostics, and treatment of EOM in the children as exemplified by the publications in the foreign and Russian-speaking literature. The special emphasis is laid on the description of the therapeutic and surgical methods for the management of EOM.

[The experimentally-based rationale for the application of the new methods designed to treat fungal adenoiditis in the children].

The objective of the present was to evaluate the influence of local anesthetics protargol, miramistin, chlorohexidine, and photodynamic therapy (PDT) on the polyresistant strain of Candida tropicalis isolated from a sick child presenting with fungal adenoiditis. In vitro experiments were designed to estimate the inactivation potential of the Candida tropicalis blastospore suspension (5.10⁷ CFU/ml) following the preliminary incubation with a 5 mcmol/l methylene blue solution.

[The clinical and functional evaluation of the combined treatment of vasomotor rhinitis in the children].

The objective of the present work was the comparative analysis of the results of the application of different methods for the treatment of the children presenting with vasomotor rhinitis. It was shown that the proposed combined approach including remedial therapy for the normalization of the function of the vegetative nervous system and the local application of fluctuating current to the nasal cavity mucosa has an advantage over the traditional modalities. Specifically, this newly developed simple and efficacious method for the combined conservative treatment of vasomotor rhinitis in the children has practically no contraindications for use, yields the most stable positive functional outcomes, and can by recommended for the application in both inpatient and outpatient settings to manage the patients with vasomotor rhinitis.

[The treatment of acute inflammation of the middle ear].

The authors propose the differential approach to the treatment of acute inflammation of otitis media and otitis externa taking into consideration etiology of the disease. Its clinical form and stage. Special attention is given to the method of local treatment including the use of various eardrops.

[Conservative therapy and surgical treatment of chronic tonsillitis in the children].

The objective of the present study was to undertake the statistical analysis of the methods employed to treat tonsillitis in the children with a view to optimizing adequate dispensary observation, planned conservative therapy and surgical treatment of the patients presenting with chronic tonsillitis. The analysis of the excerpts from the annual reports presented by the head of the otorhinolaryngological department of the Children's City Clinical Hospital No 9 involved the patients admitted for the pre-planned and urgent treatment of paratonsillar abscess between 1990 and 2010. It was shown that the number of children with paratonsillar abscess increased during this period from 5.

[Analysis of delayed consequences of lowered surgical activity for children with chronic tonsillitis].

Materials for the analysis of medical histories of the patients admitted for planned tonsillectomy and those in need of emergency surgical treatment for paratonsillar abscess were collected in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, G.N. Speransky City Children's Clinical Hospital No 9 during the periods from 1990 to 2007.

[Therapeutic and diagnostic criteria of choice of treatment methods in adenoid vegetations as a focus of chronic infection in childhood].

Clinical, laboratory and device methods were used in examinations of 175 children. Basing on the results of the above examinations, therapeutic and diagnostic criteria of choice of a method of treating adenoid vegetations in children were proposed.

[Sparing conservative surgery in children with chronic purulent otitis media].

A novel method of treatment of otitis media purulenta chronica in children implies administration of donor (from the parents or donor with the same blood group) plasm possessing a complete set of humoral and cellular immunity components. As a monotherapy, plasm treatment proved highly effective both before surgery and after it.

[Effect of irradiation on early gametogenesis in Tilapia].

The 10 day old fries of Tilapia mossambica Peters were irradiated with 350 R dose. Dynamics of germ cells in control and after irradiation was studied. In 10 day old fry primordial germ cells and gonial cells were observed; in 15 days--mainly gonial cells were seen; in 20 days part of gonial cells move in the early prophase of meiosis; in 25 days gonial cells and oocytes of early prophase of meiosis are seen; in 30 days oogonial cells, oocytes of early prophase of meiosis and of previtellogenesis are observed.