[The application of a CO(2)-laser for tonsillectomy in the patients presenting with chronic decompensated tonsillitis as an alternative to the traditional methods of surgical treatment].

Aim Of The Study: to estimate the clinical efficiency and advantages of the surgical treatment of palatal tonsils with the use of a CO(2)-laser in comparison with the traditional methods of tonsillectomy.

Methods: A total of 175 patients presenting with decompensated tonsillitis were available for the observation of which 79 were operated with the use of a CO(2)-laser. The control group was comprised of the patients undergoing conventional tonsillectomy.

[General anesthesia in non-cardiac surgery in patients with transplanted hearts].

At present non-cardiac surgery is infrequent in patients survived after heart transplantations. The authors review specific features of general anesthesia in such a clinical situation on the basis of their own two clinical observations and literature data. The principles for the anesthesiological management are analysed.

[Devices for temporary replacement of the pumping function of the heart].

The article gives the analysis of the authors' experience in developing the systems of mechanical maintenance of blood circulation: AvIK-9M, Sinus-BK, and the cylinder pump with an additional distal chamber, which has not only high hemodynamic efficiency but also, to a considerable extent, improves the bioenergetics of the myocardium. It also gives a detailed description of the device for the retrograde counterpulsation and periodic occlusion of the coronary sinus. All the systems have successfully undergone testing by experiment and in the clinic.