[Tissue pressure in patients with phlebogenic edema].

This paper describes the results of tissue pressure measurement according to the Emmet technique in the subcutaneous fat at phlebogenic edema in 31 patients with lower extremity varicosity. The changes in the pressure were recorded over a length of 5-10 after needle impaction. The rate of tissue fluid resorption was measured.

[Formation of subfascial lymphovenous anastomoses on the foot].

The author suggests a new modification of operation for formation of subfascial lymphovenous anastomoses (LVA) on the dorsum of the foot in treatment of edema of the lower limbs. Sixty-two patients underwent operation. In 34 patients of the control group an epifascial LVA was formed on the dorsal surface of the foot.

[The transfascial excision of indurated subcutaneous fat in the postthrombophlebitic syndrome].

The authors came to the conclusion that in surgical treatment of the postthrombophlebitic syndrome it is necessary in some cases to excise the indurated fatty tissue on the leg during the operation on the veins. It should be carried out transfascially through a Felder incision in combination with ligatin of the perforating veins on the leg. The suggested method produces better results than those of excision of the changed fatty tissue through a cut made in the skin overlying it.

[Performing lympho-venous anastomoses at several levels of the lower extremity in primary lymphedema].

Operations were conducted on 41 patients, 31 of them had a primary form of lymphedema. Lymphovenous anastomoses (LVA) were formed in the region of the medial collector on the thigh in Scarpa's triangle, in the middle third of the leg, and on the dorsum of the foot. The results were good in the late-term postoperative period in 74.

[Late results of lymphovenous anastomoses in lymphedema of the lower extremities].

The authors examined 152 patients with lymphedema of the lower limbs 2-6 years after operation for lymphovenous anastomoses (LVA). They evaluated the dynamics of edema according to Alberton's formula, the changes in the character of the episodes of erysipelas, and the patient's feeling of heaviness in the involved limb. The function of the anastomosis was studied by the radioisotope method.

[Characteristics of the implantation of venous patches into the common bile duct of dogs].

Seven free grafts of an anterior wall of common bile duct with autovenous patches were realized using microsurgical technique in 7 dogs. Carcass and cavity drainage were not used. It was shown that one month after the operation the interior surface of the patch was covered with normal duct mucosa and the duct was not dilated.