[Laparoscopy of the upper urinary tract].

The upper urinary tract is a wide field for using of laparoscopy. The aim of this work was to analyze retrospectively our experience in the development of laparoscopic techniques of surgical treatment of upper urinary tract pathology. 137 patients with pathology of the upper urinary tract were operated laparoscopically in our department during three years (July 2010 - July 2013).

[Pharyngolaryngeal reflux as one of the causes of chronic excretory otitis media].

The objective of the present work was to study the relationship between chronic secretory otitis media (CSOM) and pharyngolaryngeal reflux (PLR). A total of 43 patients aged between 3 to 19 years presenting with CSOM were available for the examination. PLR was confirmed in 36 (83.

[Aspartate aminotransferase metabolism in muscles during physical exercise].

It is established that the concentration of cytosolic aspartate aminotransferase decreases the first day after intensive physical exercises due to the intensification of the degradation processes, the decrease in the synthesis rate and the enzyme entry into the blood vessel. The enzyme content is normalized by the 24th hour of rest and then the supercompensatory phase takes place: the enzyme biosynthesis increases and its degradation decreases to a greater extent.

[Androgen regulation of the level of tissue-specific proteins in skeletal muscles during physical exercise].

Administration of testosterone after exercises led to suppression of the hormone production during the anabolic phase within 72-120 hrs of muscles adaptation to physical loading. Content of the androgen receptors was also altered. The supercompensatory phase in content of proteins (myoglobin and aspartate aminotransferase as index) was absent due to an impairing effect of testosterone on muscle adaptation.