Open Internal Stenting of the Main Pancreatic Duct as Life-Saving Surgery in a Critically Ill Patient with Chronic Frequently Relapsing Pancreatitis and Pancreatic Ductal Hypertension.

BACKGROUND The effective and safe treatment of chronic frequently relapsing pancreatitis is challenging. CASE REPORT We present the case of a 63-year-old male patient with severe complications of this variant of the disease: parapancreatitis with the formation of an inflammatory mass, fermentative ascites-peritonitis, 2-sided pleural effusions, sepsis, and cachexia. Conservative treatment was ineffective, and emergency surgery was chosen.

Comparative Analysis of Blood Plasma Proteome in Patients with Renal Cell Carcinoma.

Comparative mass spectrometric analysis of protein composition was carried out in 36 blood plasma specimens from patients with renal cell carcinoma and 20 specimens from donors. Analysis of protein composition of plasma specimens devoid of the major protein fractions showed a 20-50% higher level of protein identifications in patient' specimens. Specimens of the control and experimental series were similar by protein composition, 70-80% identifications in experimental and control series coinciding.

[The Physiotherapy in the treatment of alveolitis and localized osteomyelitis of the jawbones].

Background: Alveolitis and localized osteomyelitis of the jawbones still remain the most common conditions among the post-operative complications associated with tooth extraction.

Aim: The objective of the present study was to evaluate the antibacterial and clinical effectiveness of ozone therapy and radiation of various wavelengths emitted by the light-emitting diodes (LED) applied for the treatment of alveolitis and localized osteomyelitis of the jawbone with a view to improving the effectiveness of the treatment and shortening the duration of the rehabilitation period.

Material And Methods: A total of 100 patients presenting with alveolitis and localized osteomyelitis of the jawbones at the age varying from 18 to 65 years have been examined and treated.

A Marker of Cerebral Ischemia in Solid State Structures of Blood Serum.

Reversible cerebral ischemia of medium severity was reproduced in male Wistar rats by bilateral occlusion of the common carotid arteries. Solid-phase structures (anisomorphons) were obtained by marginal dehydration of the serum. Small focal isotropic defects in the serum anisomorphon texture were found in 100% cases during occlusion of the carotid arteries.

Comparative Analysis of Quantitative Parameters of Expression of the Retinoic Acid Nuclear Receptor RARα Gene and APE1/YB-1/MDR1 Pattern Genes in Patients with Newly Detected Multiple Myeloma.

The expression of retinoic acid nuclear receptor gene RARα and its relationship with expression of APE1, YB-1, and MDR1 genes was studied in bone marrow aspiration biopsy specimens from 22 patients with newly detected multiple myeloma. The expression of RARα directly correlated with the expression of APE1/YB-1/MDR1 pattern genes. Groups differing by expression of RARα exhibited significant differences in the overall survival of patients; concordant and simultaneous changes in the expression of all genes of the APE1/YB-1/MDR1 pattern suggested the level of RARα gene expression as a potential prognostic factor in the pathogenesis of multiple myeloma.

[Questions of terminology, systematization and grading of complications of contact ureteral lithotripsy].

Aim: To investigate the advantages and disadvantages of the current variants of systematization and grading of complications of contact ureteral lithotripsy (CULT) and develop a working classification of CULT complications.

Materials And Methods: The study analyzed results of 545 fluoroscopy-guided endoscopic procedures performed at the MRRCI Clinic of Urology from 2008 to 2015 in 506 patients with ureterolithiasis.

Results: The proposed and implemented classification and terminology of CULT complications unifies the diagnostic and management algorithm.

[Renal transplantation in recipients with moderate presensitization].

Aim: to comparatively assess desensitization schemes with and without plasmapheresis in patients with low presensitization.

Subjects And Methods: The investigators studied the efficiency of the two desensitization schemes (cascade plasma filtration + intravenous immunoglobulin used in a dose of 100 mg/kg in 19 patients (a study group; panel reactive antibodies (PRA) 25.1±6.

[Bone mineral density in patients with scleroderma systematica].

Aim: To study the frequency and magnitude of a reduction in bone mineral density (BMD) and its association with clinical parameters in patients with scleroderma systematica (SDS).

Subjects And Methods: Fifty-six postmenopausal women aged 45-71 years (58.1±7.

New Silk Fibroin-Based Bioresorbable Microcarriers.

We fabricated bioresorbable microcarriers from water solution of Bombyx mori silk fi broin. The microcarriers are 3D structures with intricate surface and pores allowing penetration of culture medium, gas exchange, and cell adhesion. Fibroin molecules form hydrophobic structures and normally have a negative charge, which stimulates migration, but inhibits cell adhesion and makes it less effective.

[The application of laser therapy for the medical rehabilitation of the children presenting with chronic osteomyelitis].

The objective of the present study was to develop a scientifically sound rationale for the application of infrared laser radiation (IRLR) either separately or in the combination with fluctuation magnetic therapy in the medical rehabilitation of the children presenting with chronic hematogenous osteomyelitis. Another objective was to evaluate the clinical effectiveness of this therapeutic modality. Two achieve these goals, the clinical observations and special research studies were conducted in two directions with the participation of 95 patients at the age varying from 1 to 15 years.

[Magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of gastric cancer: X-ray versus MRI anatomic findings].

The paper assesses the present-day role of MRI in the diagnosis of gastric cancer. The authors consider the major prerequisites for the main aim of their study to be: 1) a dramatic incidence of diffuse (endophytic) gastric carcinoma, which requires significant correction of today's approaches to its diagnosis and 2) a rather biased and, in the authors' opinion, present-day mainly negative attitude towards MRI of the stomach as a diagnostic method for its tumor lesions. By applying the X-ray-MRI anatomic principle to the comparative study of MRI findings in 50 patients with predominantly gastric intramural carcinoma and in 25 patients without gastric tumors (controls), the authors present their methods for gastric MRI, the MRI semiotics of gastric cancer by concurrently touching upon a variety of problems that characterize the potentialities of MRI of the stomach in the diagnosis of its tumor lesions, including their differential diagnosis.