[Allergic rhinitis: what is the patient's choice of drug based on? Russian study's results].

Background: Allergic rhinitis (AR) is a disease that significantly affects the quality of life (QOL) of the patients. Scientific researches that reveal the reasons for the uncontrolled course of AR and the low level of QoL in patients are rare.

Objective: Of this study was to establish how often patients with moderate AR seek medical care or prefer to choose a drug on their own in a pharmacy.

[On the problem of voice rehabilitation in the case of unilateral vocal fold paresis].

Background: Unilateral vocal fold paresis (UVFP) significantly deteriorates the patient's quality of life. The leading role in the rehabilitation of the patients presenting with UVFP belongs to stimulation therapy which consists in the activation of muscle re-innervation of the larynx and the compensatory mechanisms allowing to achieve the most complete closure of the vocal folds during phonation.

Aim: The objective of the present study was the optimization of the conservative treatment of patients with UVFP.

[Presbiphonia. Age-related changes in the acoustic voice characteristics].

The objective of the present study was the comparative analysis of acoustic parameters of the voice in the subjects of different age groups. The phonetographic analysis involved 85 relatively healthy subjects (40 men and 45 women) divided into two age-matched groups. Group 1 included mature adults at the age of 43-59 years (n=43), group 2 was comprised of the aged and elderly persons (60-85 years, n=42).

[The comparative study of the effectiveness and safety of various nasal packing techniques in the patients suffering nasal bleeding].

The objective of the present study was to improve the methods for mechanical nasal bleeding (NB) control. To this effect, the authors undertook a prospective comparative study of the effectiveness and safety of two mechanical techniques for nasal tamponade in the patients suffering from nasal bleeding. A total of 48 patients with NB and concomitant arterial hypertension were recruited for the study.

[Acoustic analysis of the voice in singing children].

The present acoustic analysis of the voice is based on the data obtained from 54 singing children (19 boys and 25 girls). They were divided into two groups of 27 subjects each, with one including premutational-age the other mutational-age children (from 8 to 12 and from 13 to 16 years respectively). <> software package was used to analyse phonetograms and spectrograms of the voice and to study the speech profile.

[A nasal cycle in healthy children].

A nasal cycle was studied in 10 healthy children (5 boys and 5 girls) aged 11-17 years (mean age 14.1+/-1.9 years).

[Bioparox effects on nasal mucosa in acute catarrhal rhinosinusitis].

An open, randomized, comparative trial of the drug bioparox was made in 50 patients. Nasal cavity function and its changes in response to bioparox administration were studied with the saccharin test and measurement of ciliary motor activity (CMA) using a special computer program. Significant suppression of the transport function and CMA in all the patients with catarrhal rhinosinusitis was observed.

[Application of polymeric endoprostheses in surgery of external ear].

Biocompatible polymeric endoprostheses EFOS are offered for endoprosthetic reconstruction of the external acoustic meatus in atresia. Such endoprostheses are safe for the adjacent tissues. Moreover, such prostheses contain antibacterial drugs (quinoxidine, dioxidin) and substances promoting tissue regeneration (orotic acid derivatives).

[A combined approach to the treatment of paranasal and nasopharyngeal inflammation in childhood].

105 patients with chronic purulent sinusitis and chronic adenoiditis were divided into two groups. 85 patients of the study group before adenotomy were subjected to non-puncture cleansing of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses using [symbol: see text] sinus catheter. 20 patients of the control group underwent adenotomy without prior cleansing.

[Efficacy of polymer suture material "kapromed" in otorhinolaryngological practice].

When used in suturing, polymer material capromed containing antimicrobial substances proved its efficacy in laryngectomy, plastic reconstruction of pharyngo- and tracheostoma, management of operative wounds on the neck, especially in patients with laryngeal cancer preexposed to radiation treatment and other surgical interventions on ENT. Compared to conventional suture materials (silk, lavsan, catgut, capron), capromed improved the outcomes of surgical treatment, reduced the number of pyoinflammatory complications.

[Endoprosthesis of the frontonasal anastomosis after extranasal radical operations using biocompatible tubular polymeric materials].

The authors present pilot experience of extranasal radical operations on the frontal sinuses with the use of polymeric tube endoprostheses made of biocompatible polymeric materials EFOS 1, 2, 3 containing antimicrobial drugs (dioxidin, chinoxidin) and active substances promoting regeneration and epithelization (orotic acid derivatives). The above technique was employed in operations on frontal sinuses in 12 patients. Polymeric endoprostheses EFOS provide adequate lumen of the formed frontonasal anastomosis, reduce the occurrence of postoperative complications and recurrences as well as hospital stay.

[Endoscopic study on the effects of controlled pressure on the mucosa of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses].

Endoscopy with fiber endoscope Olimpus FNL-10 was performed to study the effects of controlled pressure on nasal mucosa. In 15 patients with aggravated chronic purulent sinusitis maxillary mucosa alterations were assessed using sinus-catheter and maxillary microsinusotomy. 12 patients with the same diagnosis underwent nasal mucosa examination with sinus catheter .

[Use of sinus catheter "Iamik" in children].

Sinus catheters were inserted in 44 children (mean age 8.5 years) suffering from acute and chronic purulent polysinusitis. In 33 outpatients sinus catheterization was combined with nasal irrigation providing a persistent therapeutic effect on the inflammation focus.

[Sinus-catheter "Iamik" in the treatment of combined forms of acute suppurative sinusitis].

The efficacy of "YAMIK" sinus catheter versus conventional sinus punctures has been tried in acute purulent polysinusitis. "YAMIK" provides atraumatic evacuation of the discharge from all the sinuses on one side as well as introduction of the drugs into the sinuses via natural shunts by means of controlled intermittent pressure produced in the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses. The methods was tested in 101 patients with acute purulent polysinusitis versus punctures of the maxillary and frontal sinuses in 30 controls.

[Non-puncture treatment of sinusitis in nasal septal defects].

The [symbol: see text] sinus-catheter was used to treat purulent sinusitis with septal perforation or defective septum of the sinuses. The procedure described implies simultaneous introduction of two sinus-catheters the functioning channels of which unite into one output by means of T-joint. The method has been successfully tried in the treatment of exudative and aggravated chronic purulent hemisinusitis (6 cases).

[Clinico-morphological characteristics of fetuses and newborn infants of mothers with hemorrhagic shock].

A clinical and morphological analysis has been done using 24 obstetric histories of mothers with hemorrhagic shock (HS) and autopsy protocols of fetuses and newborns who died ante-, intra- or postpartum. Maternal HS was related to placenta previa and presented as a poor general status and microcirculatory disorders, respiratory and adrenal insufficiency. Histologic and electron microscopic studies showed fetal and neonatal lesions in organs and tissues which might be interpreted as irreversible shock.