[Comparative evaluation of the effectiveness of the drug Sinupret in preoperative preparation and the postoperative period of observation (treatment) during planned rhino-surgical interventions].

Introduction: Pathology of the nose and paranasal sinuses currently occupy one of the leading places in the general structure of diseases of the ENT organs. The proportion of patients in this group who are treated in highly specialized departments of the hospital and who undergo surgical interventions in the nasal cavity is more than 65%.

Objective: To equalize the efficacy and safetyof the preparation Sinupret in combination with standard therapy in patients in the preoperative and postoperative periods with planned surgical interventions in violation of the architectonics of the nasal cavity.

[Resection of S1 root schwannoma with extravertebral retroperitoneal spread via posterior median and laparoscopic approach].

The authors report simultaneous surgical treatment of the right S1 root schwannoma with extravertebral retroperitoneal spread. Well-equipped operating theatre, professional experience and multidisciplinary approach involving neurosurgeons and abdominal surgeons ensure total minimally invasive simultaneous resection of schwannoma via posterior median and laparoscopic approach.

[The current trends and the tactical-technical approaches to the management of the neoplastic processes in the base of the skull].

The neoplastic processes localized in the base of the skull and the surrounding region have until recently been considered as the inoperable condition. Juvenile angiofibroma of the base of the skull or angiofibroma of the base of the skull (ABS) is most frequently encountered in the otorhinolaryngological practice. In terms of the histological picture, ABS is a benign tumour having a very complicated structure.

[The Ural school of otorhinolaryngologists. Department of Ototrhinolaryngology of the Federal state budgetary educational institution of higher education 'Ural State Medical University'].

The article highlights the main stages of the development of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology of the Federal state budgetary educational institution of higher education 'Ural State Medical University' since its foundation up to the present time. The principal areas of research and clinical activities of the Department at different periods of its history are presented.

[The comparative evaluation of the effectiveness of the treatment of the patients presenting with the sub-compensated form of chronic tonsillitis making use of the antiseptic herbal medicinal product in the combination with the standard conservative therapy: the results of the open randomized study].

The objective of the present study was the comparison of the effectiveness of the application of tonsilgon-N in the combination with the physical methods for sanitization of the palatine tonsil lagunes with that of the standard conservative treatment. A total of 60 patients having the confirmed diagnosis of sub-compensated form of chronic tonsillitis were recruited to participate in the study. All the patients were divided into two groups.