[The treatment of patients with arthrosis deformans of the large joints using interstitial electrostimulation].

The authors propose a new kind of conservative treatment-the intratissue electrostimulation when electric current is brought directly to the pathology focus. An analysis of results of clinical and biomechanical examination of 72 patients of the main and control groups allowed a conclusion to be made concerning high effectiveness of the new kind of therapy which makes the terms of treatment 2 times shorter. Mechanisms of curative effects reestablishing blood circulation and metabolism in the joints are studied.

[Intraosseous electrostimulation in the treatment of arthrosis deformans].

The authors propose the new therapeutical technique of intraosseous electrostimulation for arthrosis deformans. The technique consists in that electric current is applied just to the area of joint lesion. It is highly effective, halves the period of therapy, reduces the frequency of relapses.

[Clinical characteristics and morphology of Pickwickian syndrome].

Clinical and morphological evidence obtained for 23 patients with Pickwickian syndrome has been analysed. 18 patients had no other symptoms, 12 patients died of the disease. Standard signs of the syndrome (drowsiness, respiratory distress, diffuse cyanosis, etc.

[Clinico-physiologic aspects of local hypothermia of the extremities].

The article presents generalization of an experience with performing 388 hypothermias of extremities in 101 patients with various isolated multiple and associated traumas of the supporting-locomotory system. With the help of multifactorial mathematical analysis of clinico-physiological data the authors have revealed the dependence of antiedematic, analgetic and vascular effects of hypothermia on the initial state of the patient, his age, degree of disorders of the central nervous system functions and other factors. The best effect was obtained after 3h local hypothermia and the 2-5 degrees C lower temperature of the extremity skin.

[Importance of laboratory findings in differentiating cranio-cerebral injuries of mild and moderate severity].

The authors discuss the results of clinical and laboratory examination of 191 patients among whom 93 had a mild and 98 a moderately severe cranio-cerebral injury. The dynamics of changes in the cerebrospinal fluid, including the changes in its cell composition, and the changes in the morphological compositions of blood during the post-traumatic period were studied. Different aspects of metabolism characterizing the functional condition of the liver, kidneys and adrenals were studied.