[Total laparoscopic retrieval of a cava filter: case series].

Despite the fact that prevention and treatment of venous thromboembolic complications are based on anticoagulant therapy in cases where there are contraindications, complications, as well as in case of inefficiency of the carried out anticoagulant therapy, installation of a cava filter is indicated. The necessity of subsequent retrieval of this device from the inferior vena cava is associated with a potential risk of the development of complications. Analysed herein is a case series concerning management of 4 patients undergoing treatment from February 2015 to March 2017.

[First experience with total laparoscopic reconstructive operations in occlusive lesion of the aortoiliac arterial segment].

According to the TASC II and the Russian National Guidelines on management of patients with lower limb arterial diseases, in patients with type C and D lesions of the arterial bed performing aortofemoral bifurcation bypass grafting is preferable. Laparoscopic technique makes it possible to combine advantages of minimally invasive surgery with well-known remote results of open reconstructive operations on the aortoiliac segment. The study included a total of 54 patients undergoing treatment at the Cardiosurgical Department of Clinic No 1 of the Volgograd State Medical University over the period from January 2012 to September 2015.

[Pathogenesis and prevention of secondary thromboses and thromboembolic complications in patients with endured lower limb deep vein thrombosis].

The study was aimed at revealing the role of thrombophilic states in the pathogenesis of deep vein thrombosis and determining efficacy of pathogenetic prevention of venous thromboembolic complications. The study included a total of 84 patients presenting with lower limb deep vein thrombosis. The patients were subdivided into two groups.

[Assessing the prognostic significance of morphometric parameters of vascular wall inflammation for remote results of reconstructive operations in the aortoiliac zone in patients with atherosclerosis obliterans].

The study was aimed at assessing the relationship between the activity (including the inflammatory one) of the atherosclerotic process in the zone ofarterial reconstruction in patients under-going surgery on the aortoiliac arterial segment and long-term thrombotic reocclusions. The study comprised a total offorty-nine patients, with the postoperative follow-up period amounting to 5 years. We carried out morphological studies of the aortic wall in the zone of the proximal anastomosis and the walls of the common femoral arteries in the zone of distal anastomoses.

Effect of Buerger's thromboangiitis activity on the outcomes of vascular reconstructions.

Altogether 39 patients suffering from thromboangiitis obliterans were under observation. The vasculitis activity score (VAS) developed by R.A.