[Adventitial cyst of the popliteal artery].

Vascular cystic adventitious degeneration (CAD) is a rare disease of unclear etiology that affects mainly the popliteal artery (up to 85-90% of cases). Clinical manifestations are similar to aneurysm of the popliteal artery. CAD occurs mainly in males of the 4 and 5 decades of life (range 10-77 years).

[Ruptures of popliteal artery aneurysms].

Aim: To improve diagnosis and surgical outcomes in patients with ruptured popliteal artery aneurysm.

Material And Methods: Eight patients with ruptured popliteal artery aneurysm have undergone surgery for the period from 1999 to 2015 at the Vascular Surgery Department of Sklifosovsky Research Institute for Emergency Care. Incidence of rupture was 2.

Relationship between gelatin concentrations in silk fibroin-based composite scaffolds and adhesion and proliferation of mouse embryo fibroblasts.

Porous scaffolds of silk fibroin and composite porous scaffolds with 10, 20, 30, 40, and 50% gelatin were made by the freezing-thawing method. The relationship between adhesion and proliferation rate mouse embryo fibroblast and the scaffold composition was studied by laser confocal scanning microscopy. Addition of gelatin to the scaffold structure stimulated adhesion and proliferation of mouse embryo fibroblasts; the optimal content of gelatin was 30%.

[Administration of the generic prostaglandin E1 VAP 20® in patients with lower limb critical ischaemia: a prospective study].

Objective: The study was aimed at assessing efficacy and safety of administering the generic alprostadil VAP in patients presenting with lower limb critical ischaemia.

Material And Methods: We carried out a prospective study including a total of 30 patients with lower limb critical ischaemia. The patients' mean age was 67.

[The treatment of postinjection false aneurisms with arrosive bleeding of the magistral arteries in drug abuse patients].

The recent 10-15 years revealed such a disease in Russia as a false postinjection aneurism, complicated by the arrosive bleeding of the magistral arteries in drug abuse patients. It is a severe disease, by which the lethality and amputation rates are as high as 50%. The authors represent the experience of treatment of 30 patients.