ABSTRACT
The investigation is devoted to improvement of surgical plasty in umbilical hernia. There were studied up the results of operations using classical and proposed miniinasive methods. New methods consisted of constricting suturing of umbilical ring in the hernial aperture diameter less than 2 cm and from 2 to 5 cm, using mini-accesses, establishment of the net implant, fixed with the sutures behind posterior sheets of rectal abdominal muscles. Best results were achieved using new methods.
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Hernia, Umbilical/surgery , Herniorrhaphy/methods , Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures/methods , Herniorrhaphy/instrumentation , Humans , Laparoscopy/instrumentation , Laparoscopy/methods , Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures/instrumentation , Prospective Studies , Retrospective Studies , Surgical Mesh , Suture Techniques , Treatment OutcomeABSTRACT
Platelet monoamine oxidase (MAO) activity appears to be correlated to certain diagnostic subgroups and symptom patterns. A group of criminal offenders hospitalized for forensic psychiatric assessment were studied. Male nurses and construction workers were used as controls. Patients who were diagnosed as psychopaths according to the criteria of Cleckley had significantly lower platelet MAO activity than the control group of construction workers.