[Bougies for retrograde stretching of esophageal strictures]. / Buzhi dlia retrogradnogo rastiazheniia rubtsovykh struktur pishchedvoda.

The article deals with bougies (developed by its authors) of various types and sizes designed for gullet bougienage after chemical burns. The suggested bougies ensure less trauma to the esophagus walls during the bougienage procedure, which, in its turn, essentially cuts the time of recanalization and, according to authors' data, prevents ruptures in the internal tissues.

[Laryngeal reconstruction using endoprostheses for benign stenosis]. / Rekonstruktsiia gortani s primeneniem endoprotezov po povodu stenozov nerakovoi etiologii.

A clinical trial was made of two types of laryngeal endoprostheses in surgery of stenosis caused by benign diseases. A total of 15 patients were operated on. In 11 patients endoprosthesis of biocompatible polymers was inserted, in 4 patients the stenosis was corrected with endoprosthesis of silicon rubber. Most of the patients had stenosis as a result of complication of thyroid surgery. The operative technique is described. In extensive defects of the anterior wall of the larynx and trachea, advanced scar stenoses a new operation is proposed-autoalloplasty using body and manubrium of the sternum.