Little known pages from the history of discovering tick-borne encephalitis

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical usefulness of three-dimensional CT angiography (3D-CTA) for the diagnosis of cerebral aneurysm using a new reconstruction method called Multi-Angle Reconstruction Plan (MARP). The threshold values, region of interest and six angles of view were preset for the MARP method on the basis of our experience with cerebral 3D-CTA. Spiral CT angiography was performed in 27 patients with 29 aneurysms. The six images reconstructed with the MARP method were generated from the volumetric CT data. Two radiologists independently reviewed the six 3D-CT images for the presence of aneurysm. It took about five minutes to semiautomatically reconstruct the six 3D-CT images with the MARP method. There were no discrepancies in the evaluation of the 3D-CT images. Twenty-six aneurysms of 24 patients were demonstrated on the six 3D-CT images. Three aneurysms in 3 patients were not depicted on the 3D-CT images by the MARP method. In them, the additional 3D-CT images which were generated after evaluating the 2D-CT images clearly showed the aneurysms. The MARP method is considered to be a useful three-dimensional reconstruction technique for the diagnosis of cerebral aneurysm.     

Reconstructive and plastic microsurgery in the treatment of combat trauma to the extremities

In the department of microsurgery of A.A. Vishnevsky Central Hospital the transplantation and transposition of the at the gunshot injuries of the extremities have begun to execute since 1990. For this time 94 surgical interventions have been conducted at 88 wounded: 57 transplantations and 37 transpositions of the bloody tissues. The transplantation and transposition of the vascularized complexes of tissues with application of microsurgical technique is the effective method of the treatment of the wounded in the extremities. In the conditions of the local armed conflicts it is necessary to provide deployment of the department of microsurgery at stages of the specialized medical care.     

Effect of hydroxylamine hydrochloride on the bacterium Shigella dysenteriae 1 and antigens isolated from them

A study was made into the functional status of hypophysis, adrenal cortex, ovaries, and thyroid gland in patients with kraurosis and leukoplakia vulvae. The above patients demonstrated profound disturbances in the system hypophysis-ovaries, that attest to the need for applying corrective therapies to treat the disturbed hormonal homeostasis.