[Complex estimation of the state of health, quality of life, level of psychological adaptation and rates of senescence of war veterans, suffering from arterial hypertension].

The article presents some aspects of the health status of the veterans of the Samara region. Intercommunication is marked between the level of social adaptation, quality of life and rate aging combatants. The study shows the effect of chronic posttraumatic stress disorder on the occurrence of psychosomatic pathology and development of senescence combat veterans suffering from arterial hypertension.

[Estimation of the risk and prevention of postoperative esophagogastroduodenal hemorrhage in elderly urological patients].

Open transvesical adenomectomy was made in 853 old males with prostatic adenoma in Samara Hospital for Veterans from 1995 to 2010. The age of the patients ranged from 60 to 89 years, of them 389 (45.6%) were from 60 to 75 years of age, 464 (54.

[Elective simultaneous operations in elderly and senile urological patients].

Surgeons of Samara Regional Veterans' Hospital made elective-simultaneous operations in 229 presenile and senile patients. Surgery was performed in the urological department in 1995-2010. It is shown that over 12% patients of urological geriatric departments need elective situltaneous operations, of them 8.

[Prognosis and prophylactics of early postoperative esophagogastroduodenal bleedings in geriatric practice].

Results of examination and surgical treatment of 488 elderly patients (mean age from 60 to 89 years) with benign hyperplasia of the prostate (BHP) who underwent planned prostatectomy were analyzed. It was shown that early postoperative esophagogastroduodenal bleedings (EPEGDB) occurred in 7% of clinical observations of elderly and senile patients with BHP after prostatectomy. These patients become urgent surgical patients.

[Ten year anniversary of The Samara Scientific Research Institute "International Center for the Problems of the Elderly". Scientific achievements in gerontology and geriatrics].

The paper covers the decade period of activity of The Samara Scientific Research Institute "International Center for the Problems of the Elderly", which is part of Samara Regional Hospital for War Veterans. Basic research in gerontology and geriatrics are in focus of the article. It also contains selected information on research conferences and publishing activities over the decade.