[Mechanism of action of electromagnetic fields biologically adequate to man].

The paper analyzes 10-year experience in making experimental observations and clinically using electromagnetic fields (EMF) biologically adequate to man. Basic investigations of the electromechanical process that lead to the occurrence of currents in the bone tissue and blood vascular walls in their functional deformation were conducted. They showed that the piezoelectric effect is the most marked in the intact bone tissue.

[Non-contact, biologically adequate, electromagnetic stimulation of reparative regeneration of osseous, cartilagenous and muscular tissues in children].

The authors analyse the results of using a Kaskad electromagnetic apparatus in 508 children with long-term ununited fractures, false joints, contractures, sluggish wounds, decubituses, trophical ulcers, osteochondropathies, Pertes' disease, and crush syndrome. The efficiency of the therapy was 75-90%, depending on the type of an abnormality. The authors had developed and put into practice a Kaskad-synchro electromagnetic apparatus synchronized with the pulse of a patient's arterial vessel.

[Immunologic correction in the treatment of chronic hematogenic osteomyelitis of long tubular bones in children].

Children suffering from chronic osteomyelitis of long tubular bones were compared for the action of the immunomodulating drug tactivin injected subcutaneously and endolymphatically. The study was carried out in 57 patients staying in hospital. The patients were distributed into the following groups: 18 patients entered a group where tactivin was injected subcutaneously, 9 patients made up a group where the drug was administered endolymphatically, and a reference group included 30 patients treated by conventional methods.

[Endolymphatic therapy of children with chronic osteomyelitis of the long tubular bones].

A study was made of the clinical efficacy and immune status in 40 children with chronic osteomyelitis of long tubular bones. Of these, 13 patients received antibiotics endolymphatically and 27 patients were given conventional antibiotic therapy (intramuscularly, intravenously). In view of the predominance of the staphylococcal flora, endolymphatic therapy included the use of gentamycin and lincomycin, the treatment course lasted up to 10 days.

[Isolation of the bronchi with intraoperative packing in children with bronchiectasis].

The authors discuss experience in 168 operations for extirpation and segmental resection of affected bronchi in children with bronchiectases. To prevent recanalization of the bronchus after its segmental resection and to prevent the formation of an abscess in the isolated part of the lung they suggest a method for intraoperative packing of the remaining bronchi with biopolymer material.