[Cases of pyogenic iliopsoas abscesses in military men].

Four cases of pyogenic inflammation of the iliolumbar muscle were analyzed and 3 clinical cases of this disease in military men are described. A rare case of abscess of the iliolumbar muscle complicated by secondary appendicitis is also described. A hematogenic way of infection against the background of microtraumas and hematomas with m. Iliopsoas was the main one in the patients observed that was due to specificities of military service: permanent physical activity, pustular diseases of the lower extremities. The main clinical symptom of the disease is the symptom of the iliolumbar muscle. Ultrasonic scanning is the most informative method of diagnosis among additional methods. Operative treatment of the piogenic iliopsoas abscess is the only method of treatment, the open operative interventions by the retroperitoneal access being preferred. Antibacterial therapy in the postoperative period is based on the results of inoculation of the purulent discharge from the wound. Broad spectrum antibiotics must be used due to possible anaerobic character of the purulent inflammation.

[Functional changes and structural features of the testis in patients after acute parotid orchitis]. / Funktsional'nye izmeneniia i strukturnye osobennosti polovykh zhelez u patsientov, perenesshikh ostryi parotitnyi orkhit.

Structural changes and functional features of the testes were studied in 20 patients who had had parotid orchitis (PO) 6 months to 1.5 years before the study. The examination including ultrasonography of the testes, investigation of ejaculate, radioimmunoassay for serum testosterone, FSH, LH brought out a significant reduction of the mean volume and echogenicity of the affected testicles by 44.7 and 50%, respectively, in 15 patients; a 58.2% decrease in the number of spermatozoa in ml; a 71.2% rise in FSH level in 6 patients. Morphometry of biopsy specimen of the testicles on the affected side has shown that mean sectional area of the tubules has diminished by 40%, the spermatogenesis index--by 77.1% while the volume of the intertubular connective tissue increased by 47.7%. Thus, after acute PO, the patients develop atrophic changes in the testes and a decline in spermatogenic function up to secretory infertility.