Actuality. Today chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an urgent medical and social problem leading to the affection not only respiratory system but also other body systems and having a great influence on psychoemotional state of patients and the course of the disease. The most common comorbidities in COPD are cardio-vascular diseases, dysfunction of skeletal muscles, osteoporosis, me...

OBJECTIVE Gain in elbow flexion in patients with brachial plexus injury is extremely important. The transfer of a fascicle from the ulnar nerve to the motor branch of the musculocutaneous nerve (Oberlin surgery) is a treatment option. However, in some patients, gain in elbow flexion is associated with wrist and finger flexion. This study aimed to assess the frequency of this association and the...

BACKGROUND Major trauma to the spinal cord or upper extremity often results in severe sensory and motor disturbances from injuries to the brachial plexus and its insertion into the spinal cord. Functional restoration with nerve grafting neurotization and tendon transfers is the mainstay of treatment. Results may be incomplete due to a limited supply of autologous material for nerve grafts. The ...

BACKGROUND Tongue reconstruction represents a difficult reconstructive problem, based on the tongue's complex multimodality function. Existing methods of tongue reconstruction often result in significant deficits in speech and deglutition. A functional neotongue requires adequate soft tissue bulk and restoration of coordinated muscle function. Tissue engineering, a scientific approach that allo...

The interest towards research in peripheral nerve repair regeneration has seen a great and progressive increase in the light of the continuous increase in the number of microsurgical nerve reconstructionsworldwide [1].While only few years ago nerve reconstruction was a rare type of surgery carried out in few high specialized centers only, it is becoming more and more frequent and widespread tod...

OBJECTIVE The present study was aimed at the psychological characteristics of children with different chronic diseases of the digestive system and the identification of key factors influencing the formation of their personality. METHODS The continuous prospective study of psychological peculiarities of 125 patients (7-17 y.o.) with diseases of the digestive system who have been monitored at S...

Electrical burns to the oral commissure result in significant contracture, with resultant microstomia and severe disfigurement if left untreated. Successful management requires the skills of both the pediatric dentist and plastic surgeon, and good cooperation from the patient and parents. Splinting appliances reportedly have reduced the possibility of scar contracture following a burn to the li...

BACKGROUND The superiority of a single stage combined anterior (first) posterior (second) approach and end-to-side side-to-side grafting neurorrhaphy in direct cord implantation was investigated as to providing adequate exposure to both the cervical cord and the brachial plexus, as to causing less tissue damage and as to being more extensible than current surgical approaches. METHODS The fron...