Heart echinococcosis: Current problems and surgical treatment.

We present historical, epidemiological, and statistical data on heart echinococcosis (also known as hydatid disease) and concomitant lesions of different organs, as well as a demonstration of its surgical management. The diagnosis of heart echinococcosis is based on review and identification of the cyst and we evaluate the various common diagnostic methods. Surgical treatment of patients with heart echinococcosis may require cardiopulmonary bypass or may be an off-pump procedure depending on the location of the cysts.

Empiric selection of antimicrobial therapy in case of purulent diseases of hand.

The article presents the data dedicated to comparative analysis of the structure of purulent diseases of the hand, the appointment of empirical antimicrobial therapy to military personnel in terms from 2005 to 2015. There was revealed the dependence between late hospitalization (after 5-10 days). and the frequency of deep hand infection, the spread of infection to the surrounding tissues, increase in the number of complications, reoperations, and duration of treatment.