[Instrumental diagnosis of recurrent lumbar spine herniated discs in different observation periods].

The results of neuroimaging examination methods application in patients with true herniated disc at different time after primary discectomy were summarized. Designated structural morphological features of operated lumbar segment in early, mid and late period. The study was conducted based on a retrospective analysis of MRI and MSCT in 113 patients with recurrent herniated disc.

[Health conditions and physical development of soldiers during enrollment in the Armed Forces of Ukraine and military service in 2001-2010].

Fitness of soldiers in military reserve for military service at the stage in the Armed Forces of Ukraine has been studied in the article. It has been established that the growing number of soldiers in military reserve with changes in health and physical condition indicates insufficient level of their health which has a negative impact on their capability and gradually on their fitness for military service. Priorities of changes in organization of the process of completion by human resources of the soldiers' military reserve in the Armed Forces of Ukraine during their transition towards professional army have been defined, to include optimization of criteria of fitness for military service.

[Epidemiological peculiarities of working day losses among military personnel of Ukrainian Armed Forces].

Peculiarities of working day losses caused by infectious and parasite diseases among military personnel of Ukrainian Armed Forces in the period of formation, reorganization, reformation and restructuring of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 1991-2008 are defined in the article based on retrospective epidemiological analysis.