[The importance of arthroscopy and guided biopsy of the knee joint in gout].

The authors studied the arthroscopic picture of the knee joint in 50 male patients, 40 of whom had a genuine gout and 10 a doubtful one. A high diagnostic significance of arthroscopy was emphasized, it rose with the use of a morphological analysis of samples of synovial membrane and villi obtained by means of target biopsy, microscopy and chemical identification of urate.

[The prevalence of gout and hyperuricemia among the workers of a meat-packing plant complex].

An attempt was made to study the incidence of gout and hyperuricemia among the workers of the Moscow meat-packing plant exposed to high food purine loads. Using extensive clinical material (535 men and 1121 women) the authors established that gout was diagnosed 33 times more often in men of this plant than in the muscular population of other towns of the country. Moderate hyperuricemia was revealed in every second of the examinees.

[Results of the complex conservative ambulatory treatment of cervical osteochondrosis including acupuncture-reflexotherapy].

The authors have carried out clinical observation and treatment of 78 patients with cervical osteochondrosis with manifestations of hypermobility of the cervical spine. The complex of curative measures included administration of mild massage of the collar area and the upper extremities, stage-by-stage exercise therapy, distraction of the cervical spine according to a specially elaborated technique and acureflexotherapy (ART). A comparative analysis of efficiency of the treatment including ART and without it testified to considerable improvement of the results of the treatment in combination with ART.