[Anatomical and clinical characteristics of the chorda tympani]. / Anatomo-klinicheskaya kharakteristika barabannoi struny.

The article presents information about the applied and clinical anatomy of the chorda tympani. Brief information is given about the history of its discovery, embryonic and postnatal development, features of anatomy, topography and morphology. The clinical aspects of the lesion and methods of studying the function of the chorda tympani are described.

[Modern ideas on trigeminal ganglion]. / Evolyutsiya predstavlenii o troinichnom uzle.

The article summarizes data about the structural and functional organization of the sensory ganglion of V cranial nerve - trigeminal, or Gassesrian, ganglion. Information about its discovery, embryonic development, anatomy and topography, features of cyto- and histoarchitectonics are given, the role of neurotransmitters of trigeminal ganglion neurons in nociception mechanisms is reflected, the functional significance of the trigeminal system and clinical aspects of the lesion of the Gasserian ganglion are described.

[Franciscus Silvius (1614-1672) and his contributions to neuroanatomy and clinical medicine]. / Frantsisk Sil'vii (1614­1672) i ego vklad v neiroanatomiyu i klinicheskuyu meditsinu.

The article is dedicated to the 350th anniversary of the death of the Dutch anatomist, physiologist, yatrochemist and the greatest physician of the XVII century, Franciscus Sylvius (Franz de le Boe) (1614-1672). His contribution to the study of the structure of the nervous system is characterized, as well as the main scientific discoveries and achievements in building a rational system of medical science and practice. It is stated that eponym «aquaeductus Sylvii¼ was coined by Lorenz Heister in 1717 in his paper «De admiranda cerebelli structura¼.

[Applied anatomy of the medial orbital wall]. / Prikladnaya anatomiya medial'noi stenki glaznitsy.

The article provides an overview of foreign and domestic studies on the anatomy of the medial wall of the orbit. Possible structural variants of the osseus structures of the medial wall and their applied clinical significance are indicated, including those having individual occurrence: additional lacrimal bone, morphological features of the structure of the fossa of the lacrimal sac, location, shape and size of the cells of the ethmoid bone, Onody cells, Haller infraorbital cell, the relative position of the anterior and posterior ethmoid foramina, the presence of additional ethmoid foramina, dysgenesis of the lacrimal bone and the orbital plate of the ethmoid bone. The anatomical prerequisites for the occurrence of intraoperative complications with surgical access to the medial wall of the orbit are described.

[Nanotechnology and nanoparticles--state of the problem, objectives of industrial medicine].

The article deals with contemporary state of studies in a sphere of nanostructures and nanomaterials influence on human health, potential risks associated with usage of those structures and materials. The authors determine objectives of industrial medicine in connection with application of nanotechnologies and nanomaterials in production and everyday life.

[A choice of reconstructive plastic surgery with endoprosthesis of the breast after radical mastectomy]. / Vybor rekonstruktivno-plasticheskoi operatsii s éndoprotezirovaniem molochnoi zhelezy posle radikalnoi mastéktomii.

The creation of silicone endoprosthesis led to new approaches in solving the problems of plastic replacement of the breast after radical mastectomy. Two variants of reconstructive plastic operations with endoprosthetics of the breast were employed: group one--the formation of the seat of the endoprosthesis using a transposed musculocutaneous flap from the latissimus dorsi muscle; group two--the formation of the seat of the endoprosthesis by stretching the skin with a specially designed stretcher-expander and subsequent implantation of the endoprosthesis. The first method is rather injurious, sometimes cannot be performed because of anatomical contraindications, and is fraught with the development of necroses in the transposed tissues. Among 34 patients operated on by the first method two had marginal necrosis of the skin above the endoprosthesis. No complications were recorded among the 46 patients who underwent operation by the second method. The condition of the endoprosthesis and the tissues surrounding it was appraised in the immediate and late periods by radiological and ultrasonic examination. The variants of endoprosthetics of the breast which we applied may be employed with competence in clinical practice, but a reconstructive-plastic operation with the use of a skin expander is preferable.