[Treatment of open wounds of the heart and the pericardium: analysis of the relation between the time factor and diagnostic procedures].

Authors summarize their experiences connected with the treatment of open wounds of the heart and the pericardium during the past 35 years. Between 1962 and 1997 the authors operated on 31 cases of injuries affecting the heart. 10 wounds were situated in the isolated pericardium.

[Experience in the ambulatory observation of patients with retinochoroidal dystrophies].

The paper emphasizes the importance of prophylactic examinations and expediency of dispensary observation over patients with various eye pathologies in conditions of the in-patients eye office. On the basis of 2089 patients with various eye diseases the authors make a detailed analysis of results of a 5-year observation over a dispensary group of patients (102 persons) with maculodystrophies, aged from 36 to 92 years. With the help of a wide spectrum of medicinal preparations and non-medicamentous treatment stabilization of visual functions could be achieved in 76% of cases of maculodystrophies in patients aged under 60 years and in 65%--above 60 years.

[Operative treatment of fractures of the sternum (author's transl)].

Following a survey of different means for the treatment of sternal fractures, the authors report their own operative procedure, that was performed in three cases with success. The operation is based on the tightened loop principle. Indications and operative techniques are discussed in the paper.