[Endovascular and hybrid treatment of thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms and dissections]. / Éndovaskuliarnoe i gibridnoe lechenie anevrizm i rassloenii grudnoi i torakoabdominal'noi aorty.

The article deals with immediate and medium-term results of hybrid and endovascular treatment of 74 patients with various pathologies of the thoracic and thoracoabdominal aorta (31 with aneurysms, 43 with thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic dissections). Elective and emergency interventions were performed in 49 and 25 patients, respectively. Endoprosthetic repair of the arch, descending thoracic and thoracoabdominal aorta was performed in 25 patients, hybrid operations in 47 subjects (open switch of brachiocephalic, visceral and renal arteries followed by aortic endoprosthetic repair - 37, endovascular methods of making a landing zone - 12). The duration of the follow-up period after discharge from hospital amounted to 24.9±16.3 months. The technical success level was 98.6%. The overall hospital mortality rate was 11% (n=8), elective - 4% (n=2), emergency - 24% (n=6). Eight patients underwent repeat interventions on the thoracic and thoracoabdominal aorta. The 5-year cumulative survival rate was 82.3%, with freedom from repeat interventions amounting to 51.3%. Hybrid operations on the arch and descending thoracic aorta are considered to be a relatively safe and effective method of treatment. Follow-up and timely treatment of remote complications after hybrid or endovascular operations are obligatory for improving the results.

[Review of materials of the Saint Petersburg Lymphology Forum (October, 2017)]. / Obzor materialov Sankt-Peterburgskogo limfologicheskogo foruma (oktiabr', 2017).

Presented herein is a brief review of the materials of the Saint Petersburg Lymphology Forum, describing the main results of scientific studies in biology of lymphatic cells, genetic studies in lymphology, modern methods of diagnosis and treatment of lower-limb lymphedema, post-mastectomy syndrome. This is followed by discussion of the prospects of the development of new technologies in diagnosis and treatment of lymphedema.

[Change in lymphatic circulation of lower extremities and prospects for lymphotrophic therapy in trophic ulcers of venous etiology]. / Izmeneiia limfaticheskogo rusla nizhnykh konechnostei i vozmozhnosti limfotropnoi terapii pri troficheskikh iazvakh venoznoi étiologii.

Investigations of the lymphatic bed of lower extremities by the method of rentgen-contrast lymphography were performed in 64 patients with trophic ulcers of lower extremities and postthrombotic disease. The data obtained by lymphography allowed formation of a group of patients perspective for treatment by lymphotropic antibacterial therapy. The lymphotropic therapy using Gentamycin and Cefazolin resulted in a more rapid arresting of local inflammatory alterations and development of reparative processes in the trophic ulcer area and in normalization of the main clinico-laboratory parameters.