Publications by authors named "S A Lepekhova"

The impact of the pandemic of the new coronavirus infection Covid-19 and the introduction of self-isolation on the quality of life of the older generation 65+ were analyzed, with an assessment of herd immunity among the study participants. The study protocol included 192 people who are employees of the Irkutsk Scientific Center, including 94 people of the older age group 65+. All participants were divided by us conditionally into four age groups.

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The present review of the literature is focused on the methods designed for the prevention of incompetent tracheorrhaphy. The main cause that dictates the necessity of strengthening the sutures is the risk of the development of the complications during the postoperative period following the surgical interventions. The incompetence of the tracheal anastomoses is known to occur in 3.

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The device for cell encapsulation makes it possible to fabricate microcapsules of a preset size with even smooth surface, without defects or adhesion to each other, with viable cells inside the capsule. The cells were derived from newborn piglet pancreases.

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Background: The efficacy of treating acute myocardial ischemic damages depends, to a large extent, on the development of technologies for predicting their course and outcome. The aim of this paper was to explore whether it would be possible to consider the content of free circulating mitochondrial DNA as a danger-associated molecular pattern for assessing the probability of death from myocardial infarction.

Methods: We have analyzed the clinical outcomes based on discharge summaries and autopsy reports obtained in the course of the PROTOCOL observational trial.

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Background: Postoperative epidural fibrosis (EF) after lumbar discectomy is the most common and at the same time controversial issue.

Purpose: The etiology and pathogenesis creates a lot of discussion and selection of methods of treatment and prevention continues.

Methods: LIV laminectomy with dura mater (DM) exposition was done in 24 rats, and then, 0.

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