Twenty-two years later: consistent dose estimation of an accidental overexposure by retrospective biological dosimetry.

The goal of this study was to retrospectively estimate the exposure dose of a victim from the Lilo radiological accident in Georgia after 22 y and compare it with the original cytogenetics-based analysis performed in our laboratory. Similar types of studies have been published, notably involving victims of the Chernobyl, Goiânia and Tammiku accidents. Nevertheless, their estimations were done after shorter periods of time post-exposure, and in some cases, the exposure might not have been exclusively of an external nature.

Long-term follow-up of the patients injured in the Lilo Radiological Accident.

This paper presents follow-up of the patients injured in the Lilo Radiological Accident in 1996-1997, Georgia, and discusses initial and intermediate medical accident management. There is also given estimation of the patients' medical status after 11 years since Lilo Radiological Accident. Consequently, the main lessons to be drawn from this accident are (1) Satisfactory initial surgery did not prevent in all cases the occurrence of some secondary (often localized) radionecrotic ulcerations several months, or even years, later; and (2) Skin lesions which spontaneously healed and appeared stable at the initial examination could deteriorate, with secondary reopening, a long time (months to years) thereafter.

The use of a novel biodegradable preparation capable of the sustained release of bacteriophages and ciprofloxacin, in the complex treatment of multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus-infected local radiation injuries caused by exposure to Sr90.

In December 2001, three Georgian lumberjacks from the village of Lia were exposed to a strontium-90 source from two Soviet-era radiothermal generators they found near their village. In addition to systemic effects, two of them developed severe local radiation injuries which subsequently became infected with Staphylococcus aureus. After hospitalization in Tbilisi, Georgia, the patients were treated with various medications, including antibiotics and topical ointments; however, wound healing was only moderately successful, and their S.