[Evaluation of operative treatment of subcutaneous rupture of the achilles tendon--correlation between clinical presentation and ultrasound examination].

Objective: To improve of the effectiveness of surgical procedures in the repair of rupture of the Achilles tendon, some surgeons use various augmented techniques. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the value of the use of graft from the fascia lata to add strength to the Bunnell suture in the treatment of subcutaneous tear of the Achilles tendon on the base of clinical and ultrasonographic results.

Materials And Methods: 44 cases of the Achilles tendon lesion in 43 patients were included to the study.

Parenteral ambroxol treatment causes xanthine and calcium oxalate stones in rats.

Introduction: Ambroxol (ABX) is known to promote bronchial secretion and is used as an expectorant. This study was undertaken to document the connection between ambroxol parenteral treatment and bladder stones in rats.

Material And Methods: Forty-five wild rats (Rattus sp.

Ozone therapy and the activity of selected lysosomal enzymes in blood serum of patients with lower limb ischaemia associated with obliterative atheromatosis.

Background: The paper compares the effects of ozone therapy and conventional balneological methods on health condition of patients with obliterative atheromatosis and on serum activity of three lysosomal enzymes.

Material/methods: Sixty-four patients with lower limb ischaemia in the course of obliterative atheromatosis (without diabetes) were enrolled in the study. Thirty-two patients were treated with ozone administered by intravenous infusions and 30-minute aerosol oxygen-ozone baths.

[The significance of cathepsins B and D and their inhibitors in cancer disease].

Cathepsins play an important role in the pathogenesis of the great number of cancer diseases i.e. in breast, head and neck, liver, pancreas, colon and skin cancer.

[Significance of cathepsin B and D in physiologic and pathologic processes].

The lysosomal proteases play an important role in the cells nourishment, immunogenesis, development of the arteriosclerosis perturbations in blood vessel cells and in the pathogenesis of degeneration diseases, cancer diseases and in the great number of others. For the many cancer disease durations, an increased activity of the lysosomal enzymes both in blood serum and in tumor tissues was revealed. Over the past few years a particular attention have been paid to the fact that the high activity of some lysosomal enzymes i.