[Surgical treatment of injuries of the vertebral artery].

Surgical treatment of injury to the vertebral artery is one of the most difficult problems of modern vascular surgery. Six operations were carried out for injury to the vertebral artery at the Department of Vascular Surgery of the Tashkent Research Center of Surgery, Uzbekistan. In 3 patients the artery was ligated at the orifice.

[Diagnosis and treatment of mediastinal neoplasms and cysts].

Possessing experience in the treatment of 314 patients with tumors and cysts of the mediastinum, the authors discuss problems of their diagnosis and surgical treatment. The patients' ages ranged from 7 to 64 years. Tumors were recognized in 216 (68.

[Characteristics of the blood flow in the vertebral artery before and after the surgical treatment of the proximal segment of the subclavian artery].

The features of the blood flow in the vertebral artery were studied by ultrasonic dopplerography with functional test for reactive hyperemia in 52 patients. The authors claim this to be an objective screening method allowing the sequelae of occlusion of the vertebrosubclavian segment to be studied and providing information for establishing the diagnosis and appraising the efficacy of reconstructive operations.

[Characteristics of the course of gastroduodenal ulcer and its surgical treatment in elderly patients].

The authors analyze in detail the literature on the subject and the results of treatment of 234 patients over 60 years of age. It is confirmed that peptic ulcer in elderly and old-aged individuals has some specific features. The mortality rate after planned surgical interventions for gastric and duodenal ulcer in patients over 60 years was 5.

[Atypical shunting operations in occlusions of the aorta and iliac and femoral arteries].

The results of 110 operations for atypical shunting in occlusions of the aorta and the iliac and femoral arteries are analysed. The authors suggest modifications of operations for transverse femoro-femoral shunting with the use of venous autografts. Shunting of lower limb arteries from the branches of the arch of the aorta made it possible to preserve the limb in 58.