scholarly journals Еfficacy of Combined Treatment of Epithelial and Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy Using Corneal Crosslinking and Automated Posterior Lamellar Keratoplasty

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (1S) ◽  
pp. 102-107
Author(s):  
L. R. Marvanova

The purpose: to establish a combined approach to the treatment of patients with epithelial and endothelial cornea dystrophy (EED) based on a comparative study of the results of one-step and two-step methods. Patients and methods. The study included 75 patients (81 eyes) with corneal EED, who underwent surgical treatment at the Ufa Eye Research Institute from 2011 to 2016. The patients were divided into two groups — the main group consisted of 43 (46 eyes, 57 %) patients, who underwent the first stage of the CC before surgical treatment of EED, the second stage after 1–12 months — automated posterior lamellar keratoplasty (APLK). In the control group, isolated APLK was performed in 32 (35 eyes, 43 %) patients. Results. After CC (1–10 days) in the main group an increase in corneal thickness due to edema enhancement in the cornea stroma was observed in patients with stage I–III of the corneal EED. After 3 months, a decrease in corneal thickness was recorded in patients of the main group with I-II stages of the disease (p < 0.05), after 6 months — in all stages of the corneal EED compared with the control group (p < 0.05). According to optical coherence tomography (OCT), a decrease in the total cornea thickness in both зфешутеы groups was noted within 12 months after APLK: in the main group from 667 ± 65 μm initially to 594 ± 31 μm, in the control group, where there was a pronounced corneal edema from 787 ± 56 to 612 ± 67 μm. Conclusion. Corneal cross-linking in patients with I–III stages of corneal EED provides improvement of the cornea, manifested in reducing edema and its thickness. It allows to delay the implementation of the automated posterior lamellar keratoplasty without corneal deterioration in patients with stage I up to 6–12 months, in patients with stage II–III up to 3–6 months.

Author(s):  
A. V. Pavlovskiy ◽  
V. E. Moiseenko ◽  
S. A. Popov ◽  
A. A. Polikarpov ◽  
A. A. Statsenko ◽  
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Aim. To analyze influence of perioperative intra-arterial selective chemotherapy on terms of recurrent ductal adenocarcinoma of pancreatic head after pancreaticoduodenectomy.Material and methods. 111 patients underwent combined treatment. Surgical stage included conventional pylorussparing pancreaticoduodenectomy in all groups. The main group consisted of 52 patients who received combined treatment: neoadjuvant chemoembolization with gemcitabine (400 mg/m2) and oxaliplatin (50 mg/m2), surgical treatment and 6 courses of regional chemotherapy – infusion of gemcitabine (800 mg/m2) and oxaliplatin (45 mg/m2) into celiac trunk in adjuvant mode. The control group was presented by 59 patients who underwent perioperative regional chemotherapy (neoadjuvant chemoembolization and adjuvant infusion of gemcitabine (800 mg/m2). Progression-free survival (PFS) and terms of recurrence were analyzed in all groups. In case of progression and recurrence we applied regional chemotherapy alone. Systemic chemotherapy was not used in the study.Results. Annual PFS in the main and the control groups was 80%. Three-year PFS in the main group was 37%, in the control group – 14% (p < 0.01). Five-year PFS was 11% in the main group and absent in the control group. Median survival was 26 months in the main group and 22.6 months in the control group. Overall annual, 2-year and 5-year survival in main group was 80%, 57% and 15%, respectively.Conclusion. Regional intra-arterial chemotherapy decreases incidence of recurrences and improves PFS after surgical treatment of pancreatic head adenocarcinoma.Further multi-center studies are necessary to assess the effectiveness of regional chemotherapy.


2011 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 3-10
Author(s):  
A V Krut'ko ◽  
Shamil' Al'firovich Akhmet'yanov ◽  
D M Kozlov ◽  
A V Peleganchuk ◽  
A V Bulatov ◽  
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Results of randomized prospective study with participation of 94 patients aged from 20 to 70 years with monosegmental lumbar spine lesions are presented. Minimum invasive surgical interventions were performed in 55 patients from the main group. Control group consisted of 39 patients in whom decompressive-stabilizing operations via conventional posteromedian approach with skeletization of posterior segments of vertebral column were performed. Average size of operative wound in open interventions more than 10 times exceeded that size in minimum invasive interventions and made up 484 ± 56 and 36 ± 12 sq.cm, respectively. Mean blood loss was 326.6 ± 278.0 ml in the main group and 855.1 ± 512.0 ml in the comparative one. In the main group no one patient required substitution hemotransfusion, while in 13 patients from the comparative group donor erythrocytic mass and/or fresh-frozen plasma were used to eliminate the deficit of blood components. Intensity of pain syndrome in the zone of surgical intervention by visual analog scale in the main group was lower than in comparative group. In the main and comparative groups the duration of hospitalization made up 6.1 ± 2.7 and 9.7 ± 3.7 bed days, respectively. In no one patient from the main group complications in the zone of operative wound were noted. Three patients from the comparative group required secondary debridement and in 1 patient early deep operative wound suppuration was observed. Application of low invasive surgical techniques for the treatment of patients with degenerative lumbar spine lesions enabled to perform radical surgical treatment with minimal iatrogenic injury. The method possessed indubitable advantages over the conventional open operations especially intraoperatively and in early postoperative period.


2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 108-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. D. Sergienko ◽  
V. E. Khoronenko ◽  
E. V. Gameeva ◽  
A. B. Ryabov ◽  
V. M. Khomyakov

Purpose of the study. To determine the effect of nutritional deficiency and nutritional therapy on the quality of life of patients with gastric cancer at the stage of surgical treatment. Patients and methods. In Thoracoabdominal Department of P. Herzen Moscow Oncology Research Institute within 2017– 2019 the quality of life at the stage of surgical treatment of gastric malignant neoplasms was evaluated in 62 patients (36 men and 26 women) aged 34 to 79 years (mean age 61.9 ± 9.55). At the outpatient stage, patients were divided into 2 groups: in the 1st (main) group, patients received nutritive support with specialized mixtures for 10 days before hospitalization, in the 2nd (control) group, patients were asked to follow a high-protein diet without adding specialized mixtures. The quality of life assessment was carried out on the basis of the EORTC-QLQ-C30 Questionnaire, which patients received on the day of hospitalization. Patients repeatedly filled in EORTC-QLQ-C30 Questionnaire before discharge from the hospital, which allowed to assess the dynamics of the quality of life indicators of the studied patients. The study groups were comparable in social and medical indicators. Results. The analysis of the survey results showed that the “general state of health” in the studied groups at the stage of hospitalization is estimated �bove average. Also, in both groups there is a positive dynamics in the values of the above indicator before discharge. Patients of the 1st group who received specialized nutritional mixtures, developed the statistical significance of the differences in the assessment of the quality of life upon admission and before discharge. Thus, it can be argued that nutritional therapy had a significant positive impact on the quality of life in terms of “general health”, in contrast to the control group of patients who did not receive specialized nutritional therapy. There was a general tendency toward an increase in the quality of life indicators at admission and before discharge on all scores of the questionnaire in groups. Thisis a positive assessment by patients of their condition after providing them with medical services. In this case, the discomfort from the symptoms accompanying the disease is reduced, which is confirmed by the scoring results. Statistically significant differences in the assessment of symptoms occur in the study group. Patients having received nutritional therapy noted a decrease in pain, an improvement in the processes of assimilation of food, as well as an improvement in well-being, physical condition, an increase in general tone and energy, a surge of strength and a sense of vitality. In “decreased appetite”score the indices of patients in the main group decreased by more than 3 times, i. e. their appetite improved significantly under treatment. Improving appetite in patients of the main group led to an improvement in the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract as a whole. Patients in this group noted an improvement in digestion and bowel movements. Conclusion The study showed that the quality of life of patients with gastric cancer largely depends on their nutritional deficiency, and nutritional therapy at the stages of surgical treatment, in turn, can significantly improve its results, including in the aspect of their perception by patients. Using the general EORTC QLQ-C30 questionnaire is one of the available methods for assessing the quality of life in patients with gastric cancer.


Author(s):  
Z. A. Azizzoda ◽  
K. M. Kurbonov ◽  
K. R. Ruziboyzoda ◽  
S. G. Ali-Zade

Aim. Improving outcomes of diagnosis and treatment of patients with liver echinococcosis and its complications. Materials and methods. A comparative analysis of the results of surgical treatment of liver echinococcosis and its complications with traditional laparotomy access surgery (control group) and minimally invasive interventions (main group) was performed.Results. The study included 300 patients (170 in the control and 130 in the main group). In the main group, 37 (28.4%) cases performed open echinococcectomy from various mini-accesses, and 27 (20.7%) performed twostage operations using minimally invasive technology. Laparoscopic echinococcectomy was performed in 23 (17.7%) patients, laparoscopic pericystectomy 12 (9.2%) and laparoscopic liver resection in 10 (7.7%) patients. The frequency of postoperative complications in the main group was 17.7%, in the control 51.8%, postoperative mortality decreased from 2.3% to 0.8%.Conclusion. Minimally invasive technologies in the surgical treatment of liver echinococcosis show the better immediate results compared to traditional open surgical methods.


Author(s):  
Omarov N.B., Aimagambetov M. Zh. ◽  
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The number of patients with complicated forms of cholelithiasis of cholelithiasis is progressively growing. One of the complications of gallstone disease is Mirizzi syndrome (SM). The reason for the development of which is the spread of the inflammatory - destructive process from the gallbladder to the bile ducts with the formation of pressure ulcers in the common bile duct, as a result of which the formation of a cholecystobiliary fistula occurs, through which stones from the gallbladder enter the main bile ducts. The analysis of the surgical treatment of patients with cholelithiasis (GSD) treated in the UH NJSC "MUS" was carried out. There were 3842 patients in total, Patients were in the period from January 2012. to July 2018 The analysis revealed that of all these patients with gallstones, Mirizzi SM type III and IV syndrome was diagnosed in 25 (0.7%). In 14 (56%) patients with type III SM and type IV SM, 11 (44%). The main group consisted of 10 (40%) patients and 15 (60%) patients included in the control group. The main group completed: 1) In type III SM (only 4 (40%) patients). One patient underwent hepaticojejunostomy according to the clinic method (2017/0423.1). In 3 patients, cholecystohepaticocholedochoplasty was performed with U-shaped interrupted sutures on the drainage according to Vishnevsky (2017 / 0980.1); 2) In type IV SM (a total of 6 (60%) patients). 4 patients underwent hepaticojejunostomy according to the clinic method (2017/0423.1). In 2 patients, cholecystohepaticocholedochoplasty was performed with U-shaped interrupted sutures on the drainage according to Vishnevsky (2017 / 0980.1). The developed and tested methods of surgical treatment of Mirizzi syndrome of types III and IV make it possible to improve the immediate and long-term results of surgical treatment of patients with this pathology. These methods of surgical treatment allow preserving the physiology of the bile outflow without postoperative complications typical for traditional hepaticojejunostomy (incompetence of the anastomotic sutures, stricture of hepaticojejunostomy).


Medicina ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
M. V. Stogov ◽  
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Y. P. Soldatov ◽  
G. M. Chibirov ◽  
E. A. Kireeva ◽  
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Heterotopic ossification (HO) is a common complication after injuries and orthopedic interventions. The aim of the study is to assess the feasibility of using laboratory tests to predict and determine the degree of risk of developing heterotopic ossification in patients after surgical treatment of bone fractures. Materials and methods. The results of surgical treatment of the effects of a humeral fracture in 25 patients were analyzed. In retrospect, all patients were divided into two groups: the main group included patients (n=9), who after surgery of the elbow fractures developed complications in the form of HO elbow para-articular tissues. The control group (n=16) consisted of patients who in the year after elbow fractures surgery developed no complications in the form of HO. Blood tests were performed in all patients prior to treatment, 7 days after surgery and at discharge from the hospital. The two groups of comparison (main and control) were comparable in age, time elapsed from the injury, the type of surgery performed, and length of hospital stay. Results. As a result of the study three potential predictors of HO were distinguished by laboratory tests in patients of the main group at the time of discharge: 1) high values of lactate (cut point with 100% sensitivity of the test – 2.32 mmol/l); 2) high values of hemoglobin (cut point with 100% sensitivity of the test – 130 g/l); 3) decreased activity of bone isoenzyme of acid phosphatase (cut point with 100% sensitivity of the test – 4.4 U/l). The odds ratio for a positive result of all three tests for predicting heterotopic ossification is 15.0. Conclusion. The identified laboratory tests allow to predict and determine the degree of risk of heterotopic ossification in patients after treatment of the effects of bone fractures.


TRAUMA ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 46-51
Author(s):  
I.I. Trufanov

Background. Acetabular fractures are severe intra-articular injuries that require anatomical reposition and early function, but they are often complicated by degenerative changes in both the acetabulum and the femoral head, leading to the development of post-traumatic coxarthrosis. The purpose was to study the clinical effectiveness of surgical treatment and postoperative management of patients using autologous platelet-rich plasma in patients with fractures of the acetabulum. Materials and methods. Twenty-eight patients with acetabular fractures of various degrees were operated at the City Emergency Hospital of Zaporizhzhia and the Municipal Clinical Hospital No 9 from 2017 to 2019. Gender composition: 22 men (78.57 %), 6 women (21.43 %), average age 46.64 ± 2.21 years, with a 95% confidence interval 42.31–50.96. Nineteen victims (67.86 %) had road traffic injuries, 7 (25 %) domestic injuries, and 2 (7.14 %) had industrial injuries. Results. In the main group of patients treated with platelet-rich plasma, radiologically visible adhesion of the injured area after 8 weeks occurred in 10 people (83.4 %). In one person (8.3 %), the adhesion occurred after 12, and in another (8.3 %) — 16 weeks after surgery. In the control group, adhesions at 8th week were registered in 14 patients (60.87 %), in 8 (34.78 %) — at 16th week. Given the general recovery of the body in the main group, the activation and social adaptation of patients occurred 2–3 weeks earlier. The assessment was performed radiologically and by the criteria of functional recovery.


2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-45
Author(s):  
I. B. Alekseev ◽  
A. K. Aylarova ◽  
G. Sh. Arzhimatova ◽  
A. V. Dobroserdov ◽  
A. I. Samoylenko

Purpose: to assess the efficacy and safety of needling performed by the new scleroconjunctival dissector according to our specific technique.Patients and methods. The study included 60 patients diagnosed with operated subcompensated or decompensated glaucoma. Thirty patients underwent microinvasive reoperation with the help of a sclero-conjunctival dissector. The control group consisted of 30 patients; they underwent repeated sinustrabeculectomy with iridectomy. A standard ophthalmological examination and ultrasound biomicroscopy were performed before the operation and in dynamics (after 1, 3, 6, 9 months).Results: 76.7 % of the experimental group had IOP less than or equal to 15 mm Hg six months after microinvasive reoperation. In the control group, the same mark was 70 %. Hyphema occurred in 23.3 % of the main group, it was stopped by conservative treatment. 10 % of patient developed choroid detachment, it did not require surgical treatment. Hyphema was formed in 36.7 % in the control group and choroid detachment — in 53.3 % of patients. The complications were more manifested and required surgical treatment in the control group. According to the data of ultrasound biomicroscopy, the acoustic density in the control group steadily increased, while the height of the filtration bleb first increased and then decreased. This may indicate significant tissue induration, probably as a result of fibrosis after an operating injury. The intrascleral «lake» height does not differ between the groups when comparing dynamic observations, and the volume of the intrascleral cavity is significantly greater in the main group than in the control group (p < 0.0001) at admission and during dynamic observation. The text of the article describes a clinical case of a patient who underwent microinvasive reoperation.Conclusion. When there are indications for re-surgery, an adequate and thorough diagnosis of the preservation of the surgically created outflow tract, namely gonioscopy and ultrasound biomicroscopy, is important. In patients with intact internal fistula and without pronounced fibrosis of the intrascleral drainage pathways, it is possible to carry out microinvasive reoperation according to our technique using a scleroconjunctival dissector, this allows to reduce the risk of postoperative complications and achieve hypotensive efficacy comparable to repeated filtering surgery.


2012 ◽  
Vol 93 (6) ◽  
pp. 994-996
Author(s):  
F R Saifullina ◽  
R Z Sharafieva ◽  
V I Pogorel’tsev ◽  
F M Fayzrahmanova ◽  
E A Abdulaeva

Aim. To assess the antioxidant capacity in patients with the «dry» form of age-related macular degeneration before and after combined treatment with polarized polychromatic non-coherent light and dynamic electromyostimulation. Methods. Two groups of patients with the «dry» form of age-related macular degeneration were examined. 40 patients (80 eyes) from the main group were treated using combined treatment and 39 patients (78 eyes) in the group of control who were treated conventionally. The integral blood antioxidant capacity was measured by galvanometry. Results. Blood antioxidant capacity in healthy subjects is 26.0 kC/l. In patients of the main group blood antioxidant capacity before the treatment was equal to 22.81±0.27 kC/l, compared to 22.17±0.20 kC/l in control group (total mean value 22.49±0.27 kC/l). There was a relevant elevation of the blood antioxidant capacity at the late stages after the treatment - up to 12 months, compared to only 2 months in the control group. Visual acuity in patients of the main group before the treatment was 0.87±0.02, after the treatment was finished - 0.96±0,01 (p 0.001), 2 months after the treatment - 0.95±0.01 (p 0.001), 6 months after the treatment - 0.96±0.01 (p 0.001), 12 months after the treatment - 0.95±0.01 (p 0.001). Visual acuity in patients of the control group before the treatment was 0.91±0.02, after the treatment was finished - 0.95±0.02 (p 0.05), 2 months after the treatment - 0.94±0.02 (p 0.05), 6 months after the treatment - 0.92±0.02 (p 0.05). 12 months after the treatment the visual acuity deteriorated compared to the treatment start and was measured as 0.89±0.02. Conclusion. There is a decrease of blood antioxidant capacity (22.49±0.27 kC/l) in patients with the «dry» form of age-related macular degeneration; a relevant increase of blood antioxidant capacity and visual acuity can be observed up to 12 months after the treatment with polarized polychromatic non-coherent light and dynamic electromyostimulation.


2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement 2) ◽  
pp. 218s-218s
Author(s):  
M. Khanevich ◽  
A. Khazov

Background: Surgical removal of the tumor remains the only 1 radical treatment of patients with soft tissue sarcomas of the extremities. However, the parameters of total and disease-free survival after this type of treatment cannot be considered satisfactory. Currently the active search and introduction into clinical practice of additional impact methods that can improve the immediate and long-term results of treatment of such patients is being conducted. Aim: To evaluate the risk of the wound process complications after surgical treatment of soft tissue sarcomas using endovascular embolization and cryosurgery. Methods: We have assessed the quantity and quality of postoperative complications of wound process in 199 patients with soft tissue sarcomas and their recurrences. The study group consisted of 53 patients, who underwent radical surgery with selective preoperative endovascular embolization and intraoperative cryosurgery. The control group consisted of 146 patients who had radical surgery without any additional methods. Preoperative embolization and cryosurgery on the wound bed after tumor removal was used to prevent local recurrence of soft tissue sarcomas. Preoperative angiography with selective embolization of vessels feeding the tumor was performed 1-1.5 hours before the main surgical treatment. Cryosurgery was carried out by the method of “Olympic rings” with 3 minutes duration. The temperature of exposure was −186°C. In the course of cryosurgery we adhere to the principle of “quick freezing - an independent slow thawing”. All postoperative wounds tightly sutured with silicone drains by Redon, if necessary. Results: Complications of wound healing have been diagnosed in 15 (28.3%) patients of the main group and in 34 (23.3%) control group patients. Inflammatory-suppurative complications were observed in the remaining 8 (15.1%) patients of the main group and in 18 (12.3%) control group patients ( P > 0.05). Long lymphorrhea was observed in 6 (11.3%) patients of the main group and 11 (7.5%) control group patients. Bleeding in the postoperative period was observed in 1 (1.9%) case of main group patients and in 5 (3.4%) cases of control group. Conclusion: The additional using of selective preoperative endovascular embolization and cryosurgery is safe and does not worsen immediate results of surgical treatment of soft tissue sarcomas.


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