[Tuberculous spondylitis complicated by spinal disorders: diagnosis and treatment]. / Diagnostika i lechenie tuberkuleznogo spondilita, oslozhnennogo spinal'nymi narusheniiami.

Complex diagnosis using additional radiation procedures (computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging) for tuberculous spondylitis complicated by spinal disorders was made in 52 patients. It made the genesis of spinal cord disorders more clear. The genesis was due to epidural abscess, necrotic osseous tissue and bony compression of destroyed vertebrae. Spinal cord structural changes were detectable in the postoperative period. Hemosorption in combination with blood ultraviolet radiation was used in 25 (40%) patients for their indications, which allowed all the patients to be operated on. Surgical treatment of 60 patients by using radical interventions into the target site and extended corporolateral decompression of the spinal cord, by employing autograft spondylolodesis resulted in rehabilitation in 95% of cases.

[Diagnostic possibilities of bone scintigraphy in osteoarticular tuberculosis]. / Diagnosticheskie vozmozhnosti stsintigrafii skeleta pri kostno- sustavnom tuberkuleze.

Skeleton scintigraphy with 99mTc-technefor was conducted in 71 patients with bone and joint tuberculosis and in 3 patients with nonspecific spinal diseases. The method was found to be highly sensitive in the diagnosis of a specific process, its localization, dissemination and activity. A correlation was revealed between the quantitative characteristics of isotope accumulation and morphologic signs of tuberculosis activity. Simultaneous visualization of the kidneys made it possible to diagnose their pathology.

[The histochemical detection of insulin in a culture of pancreatic endocrine tissue by using the pseudoisocyanine and immunofluorescence methods]. / Gistokhimicheskoe vyiavlenie insulina v kul'ture éndokrinnoi tkani podzheludochnoi zhelezy s pomoshch'iu psevdoizotsianinovogo i immunofliuorestsentnogo metodov.

Histochemical pseudoisocyanin and immunofluorescent methods were employed to investigate the level of insulin in cultivated pancreatic islet tissue (PIT) using two techniques: 1) staining of isolated PIT, cultivated on mica sheets; 2) staining of cultivated PIT sections. Stained sections ensure better results of microscopic and photometric investigations. On the whole, the most optimum method for histochemical analysis of the state of cultivated PIT is the combination of the above two techniques.

[Development of a set of instruments and tools for fixation of facial bones by the Osipov-Ermolaev-Kulagov technic]. / Razrabotka komplekta instrumentov i prisposoblenii dlia fiksatsii kostei litsevogo skeleta po Osipovu-Ermolaevu-Kulagovu.

A kit of instruments and devices for the fixation of the facial skeleton according to Osipov-Ermolyaev-Kulagov method has been worked out to replace the two manufactured kits of similar purpose. The above kit has parts and devices with higher functional characteristics, the total number of instruments and the cost have been reduced.