Preoperative OCT lens evaluation in posterior subcapsular cataract - prevention of complications from phacoemulsification.

Purpose: To assess the possibility of anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT)-based preoperative evaluation of the lens in order to prevent and predict intraoperative complications of posterior subcapsular cataract (PSC) surgery.

Methods: This prospective study included 512 eyes diagnosed with PSC. AS-OCT was performed using Line, Cross Line and 3D Cornea scans to visualize the posterior capsule.

[Habitat and incidence of respiratory organs diseases in the Samara population].

There was performed the assessment of habitat quality for Samara population. Risk factors for prevalence of respiratory diseases (pneumonia, allergic rhinitis, asthma) in children, teenagers and adults were revealed to be formaldehyde, phenol, hydrogen sulfide in the ambient, cadmium and copper in the soil.

[Effectiveness of duspatalin therapy in the treatment and prevention of post-cholecystectomy syndrome].

Results of evaluation of the efficiency of myotropic spasmolytic Duspatalin during long-term therapy and preventive treatment of functional post-cholecystectomy syndrome are presented. The influence of the treatment on manifestations of clinical symptoms, quality of a life estimated based on a visual-analog scale, and intestinal microbiocenosis (changes in the activity of short-chain fatty acids) are discussed.