Risk factors for impaired wound healing and prolonged hospitalization in patients after amputation of the lower limb above the knee joint.

Unlabelled: ntroduction: Lower limb amputation is a surgery performed as a last resort, when all other therapeutic options have been exhausted. The duration of treatment lasts from a few to several months and depends on the extent of amputation, the patient's overall health and the course of the stump healing process.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective analysis was performed using the database of the General and Vascular Surgery Ward of the Nikolay Pirogov Regional Specialist Hospital in Łódź.

[Mitral regurgitation in course of Bland-White-Garland syndrome in female patient after four uncomplicated physiological labours].

A 35-year-old female, mother of 4 children was admitted to the hospital for coronary angiography before scheduled surgical correction of severe mitral insufficiency. During angiography anomalous ostium of left main artery from pulmonary trunk was found. The patient underwent mitral ring correction, implantation of LIMA-LAD graft and ligation of left coronary artery during open heart surgery.

[Medico-legal problems of providing first aid].

The paper presents medico-legal problems associated with providing assistance to victims of traffic accidents. Legal acts have been analyzed in the aspect of help provision. Inconsistencies, and even divergences between individual regulations of the legal acts have been demonstrated.