Estimation of the prevalence and causes of infertility in western Siberia.

The study examined the epidemiology and causes of infertility in Tomsk, Western Siberia, using methodological approaches recommended by WHO and was based on the findings for a randomly selected sample of 2000 married women aged 18-45 years. Among the respondents, 333 couples were considered infertile since they had not conceived after 12 months or more of unprotected intercourse. This group of infertile couples was offered comprehensive clinical investigations but only 186 couples completed them.

[The causes of male sterility in Siberia].

The investigation was covered by the WHO program "Human Reproduction". The epidemiological survey in Tomsk has established 16.7% infertility rate.

[Treatment of vulvovaginitis in girls].

The paper presents the data on the clinical and immunological investigations of 130 girls: 75 patients with nonspecific allergic and 35 with nonspecific bacterial vulvovaginitis, and 20 healthy examinees. Therapeutic regimens were developed with regard to the disease pathogenesis.

[Combined treatment using brine in acute inflammatory diseases of the internal female genitalia].

A new method of managing acute salpingitis using a combination of sacroabdominal electrophoresis with vaginal baths using the preparation "dry natural brine" is suggested.

[Clinico-echographic aspects of the diagnosis of acute inflammatory diseases of the small pelvis].

A clinical echographic study of 49 patients with acute salpingitis has identified 3 variants of echographic picture of acute salpingitis: acute salpingitis without pelvic peritonitis, acute salpingitis complicated by pelvic peritonitis and acute salpingitis with the formation of a tubo-ovarian abscess.