[Choice of abdominoplasty method depending on abdomen form].

Comparative study of treatment results of abdominoplasty various method depending on abdomen form at 82 patients demonstrates advantages of tense-lateral type over other methods. This type of abdominoplasty was performed at 32 cases including 14 patients with pear-shaped form of abdomen and 18 patients with dome-shaped form. There were no complications.

[Morphological changes in femoral vein wall structure in presence of persistent vertical reflux].

The article contains an analysis of different mechanisms of persistent chronic venous insufficiency formation and its impact on the condition of lower extremity magistral vein wall. The authors studied autopsy samples of femoral vein segments from 86 patients aged 56 to 64 years, who had died of non-cardiovascular diseases. The investigation revealed significant changes in the vein wall structure, associated with persistent overload caused by valvular insufficiency and continuous persistent vertical reflux.

[Pathogenesis and treatment strategies for lymphorrhea and lymphocele after vascular surgeries on the lower extremities].

From 1995 to 2003 lymphatic complications (lymphorrhea and lymphocele) after different vascular surgeries on the lower extremities were seen in 57 (4.6%) patients. All the methods of therapeutic and surgical treatment of lymphorrhea and lymphocele are presented.

Lymphedema of the extremities: prospects of microsurgical treatment.

Presented herein is an experience with the treatment of 60 patients with lymphedema of the extremities, who had undergone transplantation of "lymphatic flaps". The treatment success is analyzed in both free microsurgical autotransplantation of tissue complexes (52 patients) containing intact lymphatic structures and in transposition (8 patients). The authors evaluate the potential of radio-nuclide diagnostic techniques for quantification of the effectiveness of surgical treatment.