[Quality of life in patients after operative treatment of infected pancreonecrosis].

The quality of life was studied up, using MOS SF-36 questionnaire in 47 patients, operated on for infected pancreonecrosis and its complications. Trustworthy lowering of quality of life was revealed in some indices of its physical component only, which were reduced, comparing with such in the patients of a control group.

[Boceprevir: new possibilities for antiviral treatment of chronic hepatitis C].

The given clinical review covers current antiviral therapy for chronic hepatitis C. Traditional antiviral therapy with pegylated interferon-alpha and ribavirin in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus genotype 1 allows a sustained virological response (SVR) to be achieved in no more than 40% of the treated patients. The practical introduction of the third component of the therapy as direct-acting antiviral agents makes it possible to substantially increase SVR, on the one hand, and to reduce treatment time, on the other hand.

[Clinical efficiency of high-dose interferon therapy in patients with chronic NCV hepatitis].

11 patients with confirmed chronic HCV-hepatitis were treated with high-dose interferon. 12 matched controls were treated conventionally. Higher response was registered in patients on the interferon treatment.

[Therapeutic response to alpha-interferon in chronic alcoholics with viral hepatitis C].

Hepatitis C was treated with interferon alpha in chronic alcoholics and control subjects without alcoholism. The results show that ethanol is an independent risk factor in natural progression of chronic hepatitis C. Moreover, it dose-dependently reduces probability of getting a reliable response to interferon therapy.

[Chronic viral infection in patients with alcoholic liver involvement].

Aim: Detection of viral hepatitides markers in patients with alcoholic damage to the liver.

Materials And Methods: Virological, immunological and histochemical tests were performed in 36 chronic alcoholics who had enlarged liver and/or abnormal hepatic characteristics.

Results: 60% of the examinees carried chronic HBV, HCV, HDV infection.

[Equipment for blood detoxication in critical care of patients].

The paper deals with the development of a new more improved blood detoxicating system in critical patients. Based on the design of a [symbol: see text]-0.5 plasmapheresis device, the authors have designed a new [symbol: see text] 2-0.

[A new method for plastic repair of the inguinal canal in treating inguinal hernias].

An analysis of the 20-years experience with treatment of inguinal hernias is presented. Patients with "light" forms of inguinal hernias and with a good condition of the posterior wall, inconsiderable widening of the deep opening of the inguinal canal can be successfully treated by Martynov's and Girard's methods. In complicated forms of the inguinal hernia it is necessary to strengthen the posterior wall of the inguinal canal, in cases with big recurrent and repeatedly recurring hernias it must be completely reconstructed, often with the help of alloplasty.

[Interaction between the otolithic organ and semicircular canals of the vestibular apparatus in the system of directional orientation of man in space].

A mathematical model is suggested of the biological system of angular stabilization in space relative to the local vertical using measures whose parameters are near to the parameters of the semicircular canals and otolithic organ of the man. On the basis of computer simulation for physiologically adequate external stimulations contribution of each of measures to the total process of angular stabilization is evaluated.

[Reaction of the human vestibular apparatus to periodic effects of the ship-rocking type].

Reactions of the semicircular canals to periodic effects of the ship rolling type have been studied, using a mathematical model. The data obtained give evidence that during the above effects linear combinations of reactions of all semicircular canals may describe changes in the angular velocity of man's movement in an absolute (static) space. Besides, the common segment of the vertical semicircular canals (the common limb) allows a more accurate description of time changes in angular velocity.

[Effect of centrifugal force on neck nystagmus in pigeons].

The neck nystagmus and its changes under the influence of an otolith stimulus--centrifugal force were studied in pigeons. The results show that centrifugal forces exert a dynamic effect on the nystagmus.

[Nature and mechanism of plaque formation (vesiculocytosis)].

According to N. N. Klemparskaya the process of plaque formation in the peripheral blood was the result of erythrocyte hemolysis by autohemolysins released by immunocompetent mononuclears--lymphocytes and plasma cells.