[The dynamics of the catecholamine level in the biological fluids of patients with chronic posttraumatic osteomyelitis living in different ecological regions].

Overall, sixty-seven patients living in different ecological regions were examined to study effects of ecological factors on the catecholamine concentration in biological fluids in patients with chronic posttraumatic osteomyelitis (CPO). The data obtained showed that CPO causes abnormalities of catecholamine metabolism, which get even more aggravated under the influence of an adverse ecological factor, an abnormal radiation impact in particular, this being confirmed by analysis of findings in those patients residing in different ecological regions.

[Human physiological blood protection systems in the late periods after ionizing radiation exposure related to the accident at the Chernobyl Atomic Electric Power Station].

During a 5-year follow-up of rescue party members exposed to radioactive effects of the Chernobyl accident no material changes were observed versus healthy donors in the content of calcium, cholesterol, atherogenic lipoproteins, dienic conjugates, insulin, thyroxin, triiodothyronine, thyroglobulin, IgA, IgG and fibrinogen. Inhibition of peroxidation and emergence of hypocoagulation are attributed to a reduced respiratory splash of the neutrophils. Concentrations of hydrocortisone, testosterone, IgM rose, while the activity of some antioxidant enzymes remained stable.

[Results of the treatment of patients with post-traumatic osteomyelitis].

The author cites the nearest and remote (up to 13 years) results of treatment of 152 patients with posttraumatic osteomyelitis of the bones of crus and femur. On the basis of analysis of clinical data there are recommended the terms (3-6 months) of radical-restorative operations in patients with osteomyelitis and is drawn attention to the considerable frequency of the joint contractures.