[The problem of paramedicine and the therapy of urologic patients].

A questionnaire study covering a large number of urological patients is carried out in an attempt to establish the extent to which the services of paramedical healers are sought, as well as the underlying motivation involved. It is demonstrated that 13.12 per cent of the inquired refer to alternative medicine specialists.

[Oleogranuloma of the penis].

Based on literature data and personal clinical experience with twenty patients presenting sex organ oleogranuloma, summed up inferences are reached about the choice of a rational therapeutic approach. The conservative treatment in both acute and chronic stage of the disease proves ineffective. Operative treatment is the basic one, and is aimed at radical removal of the granulation tissue and injected lipid material deposits.

[Preoperative immunoprophylaxis in wound and urinary infections in urological patients with Urostim].

In two groups of 25 urological patients each, with and free of urinary infection, Urostim is administered fifteen days before and after the operation. The prophylactic effect of the drug in terms of hospital transmitted wound and urinary infections is recorded on the basis of comparative study with control groups. As shown by the results obtained, Urostim immunoprophylaxis yields positive results in urological practice.

[The incidence of duodenogastric reflux and its relation to stomach and duodenal diseases].

The data available in the literature on the incidence of duodenogastric reflux and its relation with diseases of the stomach and duodenum are controversial. A study was performed based on the results of 4256 primary endoscopies of the stomach and duodenum: 3673 in nonoperated patients and 583 in patients having undergone vagotomy and resection. For duodenogastric reflux one judged from the yellow coloration of the gastric juice and regurgitation of bile at the moment of examination.

[The place of the screening method in the early discovery and treatment of cryptorchism].

According to modern concepts, only early operative treatment of cryptorchidism may guarantee good results. This has been proven by the results obtained by the authors, who for five years have on mass prophylactic examination (1984-1988) searched for cryptorchidism in children attending kindergartens in the town of Tolbukhin. In this way the authors succeeded in realising highest operative activity in the age from 3 to 4 years.