[Regional metastatic disease in oral SCC identified by preventive lymphatic nodes dissection].

The study included 159 patients with oral SCC in which metastatic patterns were evaluated after preventive lymphatic node dissection. Lymphatic node metastasis were found out in 24.5% of patients with the most common sites in subdigastrial (IIA) (69.

[Choosing combined or complex treatment approach in oral SCC patients].

The aim was to determine the different regiments of adjuvant therapy after radical surgery in patients with oral cancer based on the prognostic factors. 2-years disease-free survival in group with adjuvant chemoradiotherapy was 71.4%; in the adjuvant radiotherapy group - 66.

[Oral SCC regional metastatic disease patterns revealed by preventive neck dissections].

One hundred and seventy-two preventive neck dissections were performed in 159 oral SCC patients. The study revealed the possibility of skip metastases in the lower cervical lymphatic nodes thus confirming the necessity for their removal in elective neck dissections.

[The history of the elimination of guinea worm infection in Uzbekistan].

Dracunculiasis was mainly spread in Bukhara. Control was made in two directions: 1) timely detection of patients, their registration, treatment and parasitic decontamination; 2) elimination of Dracunculus larvae-infected Cyclops in the water reservoirs. The prevalence of the disease is as high as 20% and a total of 1116 patients were identified.

[The organization of the control of taeniarhynchiasis in Bukhara Province].

The Bukhara Province occupies the third place after the Khorezm Province and Karakalpakstan in the incidence of taeniarhynchiasis. In 1993, the Republic notifies 2608 (0.05%) patients with taeniarhynchiasis, including 215 (0.