International experience of legal regulation of the procedure of tattooing services' provision and its implementation in Ukraine.

Objective: Introduction: The fashion for tattoos in Ukraine and in the world is becoming massive among young people and middle-aged people. The existence of a great demand and the lack of standards that would establish a procedure for the provision of such services in Ukraine lead to the realization of such activities by persons who are not sufficiently knowledgeable about the safety, contraindications and risks of such activities for the health of a client. The realities of the present time indicate that the unregulated tattoo services can trigger the outbreak and spread of dangerous infectious diseases, and also pose a threat to public health.

[Predictors of a knee-joint preserving during high amputation of the lower extremity in a purulent-necrotic complications of obliterating angiopathy].

The causes, influencing possibility of a knee joint preservation, when performing tne lower extremity high amputation, were analyzed in 65 patients while occurrence of purulent-necrotic complications of obliterating angiopathy. In accordance to results of logistic regression the value of comorbidity index 4 and more have appeared significant as a predictor of impossibility to preserve a knee joint. In its bigger or lesser values a success or failure of transtibial amputation is possible.