[Device for removing concrements from tubular organs]. / Ustroistvo dlia izvlecheniia konkrementov iz trubchatykh organov.

Wide use of Dormia's loop for removing the concrements from tubular organs led to development of numerous designs of this device. Search for new designs serves one purpose: decrease the traumatism and risk of injury to the organ during the procedure. The new design is characterized by a longer length of service and is more reliable. It is free from the shortcomings of many known designs used for nonsurgical removal of the concrements from tubular organs, most frequently the ureters and its use is less traumatic.

[The diagnosis and treatment of postvagotomy disorders]. / Diagnostika i lechenie postvagotomicheskikh narushenii.

From experience with various types of vagotomy in 3,102 patients and study of the late-term results, it was established that recurrent ulcer developed in 4.7%, dysphagia in 2.9%, incompetence of the esophagogastric junction in 9.7%, reflux esophagitis in 3.8%, dyskinesia of the duodenum in 2.6%, duodenostasis in 5.3%, the dumping syndrome in 5.4%, diarrhea in 6.1%, and hiatal hernia in 0.3% of cases. The surgical correction of disorders after vagotomy is marked by specific techniques which must be borne in mind to improve treatment.

[Effect of a permanent magnetic field on the thyroid status]. / Vliianie postoiannogo magnitonogo polia na sostoianie shchitovidnoi zhelezy.

Rats were exposed to a constant magnetic field of 26268A/m. Depending on the exposure time, the thyroid gland showed changes in the follicular epithelium height, content of ribonucleoproteins and PAS-positive substance, activity of adenylate cyclase, whereas blood serum exhibited changes in the concentration of thyroid hormones and no changes in the content of thyrotropic hormone.