[Unfavorable outcomes and complications of temporary occlusion of the bronchi]. / Neudovletvoritel'nye iskhody i oslozhneniia vremennoi okkliuzii bronkhov.

The authors possess experience in applying temporary bronchial occlusion (TBO) in 184 patients in whom the procedure was conducted 236 times. The outcomes of TBO were poor in 17.3% (32) of cases and complications occurred in 8.1% (15) of cases. The poor outcomes were due to ungrounded increase of the indications for the performance of TBO. Complications can be brought to minimum if TBO is conducted in specialized departments by experienced endoscopists-bronchologists.

[Acute traumatic intracranial hematoma in children]. / Ostrye travmaticheskie vnutricherepnye gematomy u detei.

The data on 25 children patients with acute traumatic intracranial hematomas are presented. This accounts for 2.9% of a total of intracranial hematomas and 0.6% of a total of children with craniocerebral trauma. Correct diagnosis and early surgical intervention combined with therapeutic measures ensured favorable outcome in 76% of the cases.

[Treatment of chronic bursitis by a local cryogenic procedure]. / Lechenie khronicheskikh bursitov metodom lokal'nogo kriovozdeistviia.

Treatment of 92 patients with bursitis of different localizations by routine methods was followed by recidivations in 51.1% of the cases. Seventy patients were treated by cryodestruction. The follow-up observation of the patients during 1-2 years did not reveal any recidivations.