[Nephroptosis in the etiopathogenesis of vasorenal hypertension]. / Nefroptozata v etiopatogenezata na vazorenalnata khipertoniia.

Forty three patients with nephroptosis, complicated by hypertension were examined (4 males and 39 females), aged from 18 to 60. Permanent hypertension was found in nine of them (21%), and renovasographically--organic renal-arterial stenosis at the nephroptosis side was established. After the failure of the conservative treatment, those patients had all the indications for operation. Seven of the patients underwent the operation and only in one woman patient--nephrectomy was performed, and in all the rest six patients--reconstructive revascularization and nephropexy. The follow-up of the operated patients so far reveals a very favourable effect upon the hypertension syndrome after the operation.

[Functional state of the kidneys during determination of the work capacity of patients with renal diseases]. / Funktsionalno sustoianie na bubretsite pri opredeliane trudosposobnostta na bolnite ot bubrechni zaboliavaniia

The problems of work expert examination of patients with kidney diseases are discussed. It was stressed that besides the kidney functional state the state of certain basic clinical indecision had also to be given consideration, as blood pressure values, cardiovascular system state, presence of difficult-to-be-corrected anemia as well as certain social factors. Attention is drawn to the necessity of accurate determination of the disturbed renal function with the aid of the contempprary investigation methods. The problem of the capacity for work of the patients with hemodialysis and with renal transplantation is discussed in details. Stress is laid upon the fact that the sick must be given suitable work in favourable conditions as a factor maintaining the optimism and the sense of fitness in the patients, which enhances the effectiveness of the treatment applied.