Vol 12, No 1 (2013)

The objective of the present work was to evaluate the vegetative regulation in the women presenting with tubular-peritoneal infertility following endoscopic interventions and its modification under the influence of plasmapheresis and ozonotherapy. The secondary objective was to estimate the efficacy of the application of medical ozone in comparison with traditional antibacterial therapy. Vegetative homeostasis was assessed in 62 patients (allocated to 3 groups) with the use of the cardiointervalographic analysis, ventilation test, and mathematical analysis of the variability of cardiac rhythms as described by R.M. Baevsky. It was shown that the application of plasmapheresis in combination with ozonotherapy or medical ozone alone greatly promoted the improvement of the vegetative balance of the regulatory systems in the majority of the patients (95.5% and 73%) compared with the analogous parameter in the patients given only antibacterial therapy (52%). The results of the study give reason to recommend the use of the described approaches in the framework of a program for the rehabilitation of neurovegetative regulation in women suffering tubular-peritoneal infertility following plastic and reconstructive surgery.

This study was designed to estimate the effectiveness of UHF-IR therapy in combination with nitric-silica low-radon mineral water used for the treatment of knee osteoarthrosis based at a spa and resort facility. It included 134 patients at the age from 38 to 56 years presenting with stage I-III knee osteoarthrosis. The patients of the main group were treated with the use of conservative combined therapy, nitric-silica low-radon mineral water baths, massage, therapeutic exercises, and UHF-IR irradiation. It was shown UHF therapy and infrared irradiation in combination with nitric-silica low-radon baths (balneotherapy) reduced the severity of articular syndrome, improved the characteristics of peripheral hemodynamics, and had beneficial effect on the quality of life as reflected in the positive dynamics of subjective and objective parameters. Catamnestic studies have demonstrated that the treatment of knee osteoarthrosis based at a spa and resort facility with the use of UHF-IR therapy and nitric-silica low-radon mineral water baths provides a most efficacious approach to the management of this pathology.

A scientifically-substantiated rationale is provided for the combined application of ultrasound therapy and endonasal electrophoresis of the neuropeptide preparation cortexin for the treatment of the patients presenting with open-angle glaucoma (OAG). A total of 121 patients with stage I-III OAG and normalized intraocular pressure were available for the observation. They were allocated to 4 groups regardless of the therapeutic modality chosen for the treatment. The patients of the main study group underwent continuous (without breaks) ultrasonic irradiation of the eyeball plus endonasal cortexin electrophoresis. In the first reference group only endonasal cortexin electrophoresis was applied, the patients of the second reference group were given intramuscular injections of cortexin, those of the control group received standard therapy with neuro- and angioprotectors. This basal therapy was also provided to the patients of all the rest groups. Positive dynamics of clinical, functional, perimetric, and electrophysiological characteristics was documented in the main study group and in the reference groups. The beneficial effects of continuous ultrasonic irradiation combined with endonasal cortexin electrophoresis were more pronounced that those of other therapeutic modalities both in the immediate post-treatment period and during the long-term follow-up.

Из фотохимиотерапевтических методов, основанных на комплексном применении света и химических соединений различного назначения, наиболее интенсивно и успешно в настоящее время развивается фотодинамическая терапия (ФДТ), которую называют медицинской технологией XXI века [2, 5, 19, 23]. Находясь в начале своего современного развития, она открывает новые возможности в диагностике и лечении различных заболеваний. Если вначале ФДТ применялась исключительно для лечения больных со злокачественными новообразованиями, то сегодня появляется все больше сообщений об успешном использовании метода в терапии неопухолевых заболеваний, что значительно расширяет диапазон его использования [1, 3, 18, 19, 24]. В связи