Assessment of Changes in the Hemoglobin Level under the Influence of Comprehensive Spa Therapy Using Therapeutic Radon-Sulfur Waters and Its Correlation with Free Radical Reactions.

Introduction: Hemoglobin is a protein present in erythrocytes of higher organisms. Its main function is to transport oxygen from the lungs to tissues and carbon dioxide from tissues to the lungs. Hemoglobin contains Fe, catalyzes free radical reactions, and may initiate oxidation reactions by enzymatic and nonenzymatic degradation.

Assessment of the Level of Pain Intensity and the Level of Anxiety Treated as State and Trait in Patients with Osteoarthritis of the Limbs.

Introduction: Osteoarthritis of the musculoskeletal system is accompanied with chronic pain which is the main factor in mood lowering, causing anxiety. Rehabilitation conducted in the framework of spa therapy and outpatient care aims at eliminating or reducing pain and improving physical fitness. Pain relief is an expected phenomenon because it improves the quality of life.

Assessment of Changes in Concentration of Total Antioxidant Status, Acute-Phase Protein, and Prolactin in Patients with Osteoarthritis Subjected to a Complex Spa Treatment with Radon Water: Preliminary Results.

Spa treatment brings many clinical benefits such as improved physical activity, pain relief, and improved quality of life. In the literature, there are only few objective studies evaluating changes in metabolism possibly influencing clinical outcomes. The main purpose of our study was the assessment of the effect of spa treatment on changes in concentration of TAS, CRP, and PRL in patients with osteoarthritis.

The Impact of Health Resort Treatment on the Nonenzymatic Endogenous Antioxidant System.

Unlabelled: . Oxygen, reacting with organic compounds in living organisms, oxidizes them without being completely reduced due to numerous exogenous as well as endogenous factors. As a consequence, free radicals or reactive oxygen species are formed.

Assessment of Changes in Lipids Metabolism in Patients with Degenerative Joints and Discs Diseases Subjected to Spa Therapy.

Introduction: High levels of total cholesterol, triglycerides, and, connected with them, lipoprotein fractions may result in atherosclerosis. There are various forms of therapy used to prevent cardiovascular diseases, such as balneophysiotherapy, the effectiveness of which is confirmed by numerous scientific publications.

Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the impact of balneophysiotherapeutic procedures on the systemic metabolism of lipids in patients suffering from osteoarthritis of the motor organ.

The assessment of the integrated antioxidant system of the body and the phenomenon of spa reaction in the course of radon therapy: A pilot study.

Background: Spa reaction is an adaptive response of an organism, emerging as a result of external factors. It is a positive element of spa therapy leading to metabolic changes, which are important for the body. The effect of these changes is an increase in immune activity and regenerative reactions of the body.

The Assessment of the Integrated Antioxidant System of the Body in the Course of Radon Therapy: A Pilot Study.

Introduction: The sources of Reactive Oxidative Species (ROS) in the organism are the respiratory processes occurring in cells catalyzed by different enzymes. Operation of ROS is balanced by antioxidants, the compounds; although present in low concentrations, they significantly inhibit the degree of oxidation of particular molecules.

The Aim Of The Study: The aim of this study was to assess the changes in the integrated antioxidant system under the influence of radon therapy in osteoarthritis patients.

Surgical Strategy in Intra-pelvic Cup Migration During Total Hip Arthroplasty. A Case Study.

We report the case of a 63-year-old female patient referred to our department due to an early postoperative complication resulting from intraoperative fault. During the preparation of a bone socket for the acetabular cup, the acetabular fossa was broken, forming an extensive segmental defect of the diameter of the reamer used. An attempt to stabilize the acetabular prosthesis using bone cement without repairing the bone defect was ineffective and inappropriate.

[Significance of biomechanical criteria in proper treatment planning in knee osteoarthritis].

Introduction: Following the established and unequivocal criteria when choosing the treatment of knee osteoarthritis, despite possibility of precise imaging, is still very problematic. This is partly because doctors of different disciplines: general practitioners, orthopaedic surgeons, rheumatologists, physiotherapists, are involved in the treatment of this disease. For most of them the basic criteria to implement the treatment are: pain and assessment of X -ray in the supine position.

[The impact of the spa therapy on reduction of the perception of pain intensity in patients with degenerative joints and disc disease].

Introduction: Degenerative joints and disc disease is accompanied by chronic pain which is the main symptom of the disease. Medical spa therapy has the task of providing comprehensive treatment embracing diseases of limbs as well as other systems and the essential role of medical treatment, in particular spa therapy, is pain relief. The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of the spa treatment on the level of pain perception in patients with degenerative joints and disc disease.

[The achievements of Therapeutic Institute of Eugenia Lewicka in Druskininkai].

The professional activity of Eugenia Lewicka (1896-1931), a Varsovian doctor, his thorough medical education in various European countries are presented first of all. Her significance for development of Main Institute of Physical Education in Warsaw is mentioned. She was a head of "Helio-, aero-, and kinesiotherapeutical infirmary" in Druskininkai.

Professor Ludwik Hirszfeld in his relations with students and junior researchers.

This paper presents a profile of Ludwik Hirszfeld (1874-1954) as an educator of medical personnel. Hirszfeld was an eminent immunologist, bacteriologist and seroanthropologist; the originator of the Polish school of immunology; a professor at Warsaw University, Maria Sklodowska-Curie University in Lublin and the University and Technical University in Wroclaw; and the founder of the Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy in Wroclaw. An account of his relations with university students and junior research personnel - relations based on respect, on multi-faceted assistance in everyday life, but above all on a love for science - is presented, depicting Hirszfeld as a teacher of scientific thinking.

Analysis of the influence of a metha-type metaphysical stem on biomechanical parameters.

The full postoperative loading of the limb is possible if patients are properly selected and qualified for hip arthroplasty and the requirements as to the proper position of the metaphysial stem are met. The lack of precision, and patient qualification which does not satisfy the fixed criteria may result in stem setting inconsistent with the assumptions. An analysis based on the finite element method (FEM) will enable one to find out how to plan the magnitude of operated joint loading on the basis of the position of the stem in the postoperative radiograph.

[Clinimetrical scales in spinal cord lesion].

Clinimetrics is a specific field of medical science, it is the science of measurement of clinical occurrence in a patient. The aim of clinimetrics is to construct scales to evaluate patients with clinical indicators. The inclusion of the patient's condition in the point value allows to objectified, compare and evaluate treatment and to carry out mathematical and statistical analysis in science researches.

Achievements of Polish doctors in gastrodiaphanoscopy at the turn of the 19(th) and 20(th) centuries.

Diaphanoscopy/transillumination, the method of shining a bright light through tissues, was devised in the mid-19(th) century and developed after the invention of the light bulb by T.A. Edison.

[The development of treatment in a health resort in Niemirow until the end of the second republic].

The history ofNiemirów, a health resort on the south-eastern borderland of Poland is recounted in full particulars first of all. A mild climate, charming regions, natural stuffs (sulphuric-alkaline salt springs and therapeutic mud) formed the status of this health resort. The indications and contraindications in many diseases and effects of treatment in a health resort are described.

[The development of treatment in the Birstonas health resort up to 1939 and the physicians of Birstonas in the 19th and first half of the 20th century].

First of all, the history and development of Birstonas, a health resort by the river Neman, near Vilnius, first mentioned in 1382, are recounted in detail. The value of this health resort was determined by a mild climate and salt springs. Information on Birstonas by Władysław Syrokomla (1823-1862), the Polish poet, and Zygmunt Gloger (1845-1910), the Polish ethnographer, archaeologist and historian are well known.

The first Polish total laryngectomies.

The total removal of the larynx (total laryngectomy), performed in 1872 by the well-known Viennese surgeon Christian A. Theodor Billroth (1829-1894), was an epoch-making event in the history of surgery and laryngology. This paper presents the first surgeons who performed this operation.

[Jan Pilecki (1821-1878) and achievements his Druskieninkai].

The history of development of health resort Druskieniki basing on Adam Wrzosek, an eminent Polish historian of medicine pointed out. The beauty and advantages of this health resort is depicted widely. The living and professional achievements of Jan Pilecki (1821-1878), an eminent physician of health resort, his significance for development and of Druskieninkai are presented in more detail.

[Anicety Renier (1804-1877) and his significance for development of Druskienkai].

The aim of his paper is to present the silhouette of Anicety Renier (1804-1877), an eminent physician, patriot, deportee. His professional achievements as a physician of health resort in Druskienkai are presented widely. He was the author of publications on this health resort.

[The past of Druskininkai (part I)].

The development of hydrotherapy in the first half of the XIX century is presented in short. The geographical, climatic and epidemiological situation of Druskininkai, a health resort founded in 1837 has been mentioned. The natural substances: salt springs and therapeutic muds are described sufficiently.

Effectiveness of diadynamic currents and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation in disc disease lumbar part of spine.

Background: Back pain has multi-factorial etiology and is modified by environmental influences, character of work, and individual predispositions.

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the efficiency of analgesic DD current therapy and TENS in low back discopathy.

Material And Methods: Eighty patients (age, 45-60 years) with diagnosed low back pain syndrome due to discopathy were subjected to therapy.

[Deontologic aspects in publications of Bronisław Wilhelm Sawicki (1860-1931)].

Bronisław Wilhelm Sawicki (1860-1931), an eminent Warsaw surgeon who received an extensive education at foreign medical institutions, was an expert in various problems of hospital management. The complicated problems of education of physicians in the Russian sector of partitioned Poland (the Grand Duchy of Warsaw and the Congress Kingdom of Poland) formulated by Sawicki are presented in this work. Medical education in Western Europe especially in Germany, Austria and France, is described in detail.

[Izydor Nahumowicz (1800-1842) and his work on the salt springs of Druskininkai].

This article begins with a presentation of attractions of Druskininkai (formerly Druskieniki) in the first half of the 19th century. The life and scientific achievements of Izydor Nahumowicz (1800-1842), an eminent spa physician, are discussed. His treatise "Treatment with mineral waters in Druskininkai" (Grodno 1841) is presented in detail, as well as procedures preparing for treatment in Druskininkai with indications and contraindications for referring patients to this spa.