International Society of Nephrology Global Kidney Health Atlas: structures, organization, and services for the management of kidney failure in Newly Independent States and Russia.

The International Society of Nephrology Global Kidney Health Atlas analyzed the current state of kidney care in Newly Independent States and Russia. Our results demonstrated that the Newly Independent States and Russia region was not an exception and showed the same effect of chronic kidney disease on health and its outcomes, facing many difficulties and challenges in terms of improving kidney care across the countries. This work summarized and presented demographics, health information systems, statistics, and national health policy of the region, as well as characteristics of the burden of chronic kidney disease and kidney failure (KF) of participating countries.

Percutaneous Image-Guided Pancreatic Duct Drainage: Technique, Results and Expected Benefits.

Purpose: The aim of this study is to provide a technical detail and feasibility of percutaneous image-guided pancreatic duct (PD) drainage and to discuss its subtleties in a series of patients with obstructed PD.

Materials And Methods: Thirty patients presenting with PD obstruction from pancreatic head tumour or pancreatitis were subjected to percutaneous image-guided PD drainage under a guidance of ultrasound or computed tomography. Following the successful puncture of PD, a locking loop drainage catheter was placed using conventional guidewire techniques under real-time fluoroscopy guidance.

CURATIVE TREATMENT OF COLORECTAL CANCER SOLITARY METASTASIS TO LIVER SUBCAPSULE BY PERCUTANEOUS US GUIDED RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION USING HYDRODISSECTION (CASE REPORT).

Case report presents the successful treatment of solitary liver metastasis in a patient with resected colon cancer. A 39-year-old male underwent left hemicolectomy with colostomy formation followed by chemotherapy for a moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma of the colon. Two years later, a liver metastatic lesion was detected.

ULTRASOUND AND CT GUIDED THORACIC BIOPSY APPROACHES - EFFECTIVENESS AND COMPLICATIONS.

Percutaneous needle biopsy of thoracic pathology has gained popularity showing a good accuracy with a less invasive procedure. The purpose of the paper is to present our experience of ultrasound and CT guided thoracic biopsy approaches regarding procedure effectiveness and complications. 398 Image guided percutaneal core biopsy procedures of thoracic pathology (mediastinum, lung, pleura, bone and soft tissue) has been performed to 380 (95.

INTRA-ARTERIAL INFUSIONS AND DOPLEROGRAPIC CONTROL FOR COMPLEX TREATMENT OF UPPER AND MIDDLE FACIAL ZONES, CONCOMITANT WITH TRAUMATIC CRANIOCEREBRAL INJURIES.

Maxillofacial traumatic injuries concomitant with craniocerebral trauma are still considered as an actual problem in emergency medicine. For this category of patients one of the dangerous and severe complications is development of inflammatory process in the injured areas. Fracture lines of upper and middle facial zones pass through the accessory sinuses of the nose, maxillary/upper dental arch area and are considered to be open and infected fractures.

IMAGING GUIDED PERCUTANEAL CORE BIOPSY OF PULMONARY AND PLEURAL MASSES - TECHNIQUE AND COMPLICATIONS.

Paper presents the ultrasound (US) and computed tomography (CT) guided percutaneous lung core biopsy technique and procedure associated complications. 148 percutaneous biopsies of lung and peural lesions were performed in 143 patients ( in 5 (3.4%) cases the repeated procedure was needed).

IMAGING GUIDED PERCUTANEAL CORE BIOPSY OF THORACIC BONE AND SOFT TISSUE LESIONS - TECHNIQUE AND COMPLICATIONS.

The purpose of the paper is to present our experience of Imaging Guided Percutaneal Core Biopsy (IGPCB) of thoracic bone and soft tissue lesions in terms of procedure planning, biopsy technique, procedure complications and their management. The results of investigation of 81 patients are presented. According to imaging guidance type the patients were subdivided in two main groups - US guided biopsy (26 patients, 26 procedures) and CT guided biopsy (55 patients, 59 procedures).

Outcome of treatment of recurrent glioblastoma multiforme in elderly and/or frail patients.

Optimal treatment of recurrent glioblastoma multiforme (rGBM) in elderly and/or frail patients remains virtually unexplored, the best supportive care (BSC) only is routinely administered due to the fatal prognosis. We evaluated the impact of different treatment methods on post-progression survival (PPS) and overall survival (OS) of such patients. Data from 98 elderly and/or frail rGBM patients, treated initially with 1-week or 3-week radiotherapy (RT) within the phase III IAEA study (2010-2013), were analyzed.

Imaging guided mediastinal percutaneal core biopsy--technique and complications.

165 percutaneous biopsies of anterior, middle and posterior mediastinum lesions were performed to 156 patients. Procedure was guided by US in 40 cases, by CT - in 125 cases. Hydrodissection was used in 5 cases, artificial pneumothorax - in 3 cases in order to avoid transpulmonary needle pass.

Miniinvasive surgical management of cholelithiasis for elderly and senile patients: a retrospective study.

The aim of the present study is to analyze outcomes after laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) and minilaparotomy cholecystectomy (MC) for gallstone disease and determine the algorithm of treatment for elderly and senile patients according to the age, severity of disease and comorbid conditions. This is a multicenter retrospective review of 906 elderly and senile patients who underwent LC or MC between January 1, 2002 and December 31, 2008. The patients were categorized into LC (444) and MC (462) groups.