[Modern aspects of conservative treatment of patients with lymphovenous insufficiency of lower extremities].

The main aspects of diagnosis and complex treatment of chronic lymphovenous insufficiency of lower extremities are elucidated. Modern methods of physiotherapeutic and rehabilitation measures are described with reference to clinical manifestations and results of different methods of examining patients. The effectiveness of using magnetic fields, laser irradiation and biomechanical pneumovibration stimulation in complex treatment of patients is shown. The individual strategy necessary in treatment of each patient allows improvement of quality of life of patients and effectiveness of medico-social rehabilitation.

[Indirect functional dynamic lymphography of the lower extremities in phlebologic practice]. / Nepriamaia funktsional'naia dinamicheskaia limfografiia nizhnikh konechnostei vo flebologicheskoi praktike.

The method of indirect dynamic lymphography with 131J albumin was used in 32 patients for examining the lymph flow. Three stages of disturbances of the lymph flow were distinguished: compensation, subcompensation and decompensation. The significance of this method for the assessment of results of the operative treatment of lymphostasis is shown.