[Effectiveness of treatment of elderly patients with traumatic brain injury complicated by subdural hematoma.].

The work is based on the results of a retrospective analysis of the medical records of 56 patients with traumatic brain injury complicated by acute subdural hematoma with a volume of 60-100 cm3. The patients were divided into 2 groups according to their age: the 1st group included 29 patients aged 22-29 years, the 2nd group consisted of 27 patients aged 61-69 years. The degree of impaired consciousness in the victims at admission to the clinic was evaluated on the Glasgow scale, the effectiveness of the treatment at discharge from the hospital was performed on the Rankin scale, assessing the degree of independence and disability.

Intense pulsed light and laser treatment of facial telangiectasias and dyspigmentation: some theoretical and practical comparisons.

Background And Objective: A comparative overview is presented, both theoretical and clinical, for intense pulsed light (IPL) and laser treatment of facial telangiectasias and pigmented lesions.

Materials And Methods: A narrative approach describes light penetration into the epidermis, dermis, dermal-epidermal junction, and facial ectasias. Based on mathematical models, we examine some temperature profiles for monochromatic and broadband light sources.

Brain tissue response to Holmium:YAG laser irradiation.

Objective: To evaluate the usefulness of pulsed infrared solid-state Holmium:Yttrium-Aluminum-Garnet (Ho:YAG) laser in neurosurgery, acute responses of brain tissue to Ho:YAG irradiation and to investigate the healing processes in rats and rabbits.

Methods: Animals were divided into groups according to different survival time and laser irradiation mode. Craniotomy was made and laser energy was delivered to the brain surface by two irradiation modes: 1) contact mode with the fiber in contact with the brain surface; and 2) non-contact mode with the fiber tip 5 mm above the brain surface.

New visualization techniques for in utero surgery: amnioscopy with a three-dimensional head-mounted display and a computer-controlled endoscope.

Endoscopic fetal surgery may reduce preterm labor associated with open hysterotomy but is partially limited by current visualization technology. We investigated a three-dimensional (3D) imaging system coupled to a head-mounted display (3D-HMD) and also employed a computer-controlled zoom endoscope for noninsufflated amnioscopy. Pregnant sheep were prepared in aseptic fashion for general anesthesia.

Sinus surgery: does mitomycin C reduce stenosis?

This experimental study investigates the effect of mitomycin C (MMC) on sinus mucosal healing. MMC has an antiproliferative action on fibroblasts. It is used in glaucoma surgery to prevent restenosis of fistulas.