[Ultrasonic tomography in assessing the efficacy of the combined treatment of fibrosarcoma]. / Ul'trazvukovaia tomografiia v otsenke éffektivnosti kompleksnogo lecheniia fibrosarkom.

Ultrasonic tomography was used in 40 patients with locally-advanced fibrosarcoma of soft tissues who had undergone polychemotherapy or radiation in combination with short-term (5-10 minutes) ultrasound or microwave treatment of physical therapy intensity (1-2 W/cm2) given as a modifier. These procedures were used prior to surgery in 24 cases and as the only treatment--in 16. Ultrasonic tomography was performed before start, in the middle and right after termination of therapy, and before surgery. Addition of short-term ultrasound and microwave treatment was followed by formation of dense fibrous capsule around the tumor which assured a longer (3-5 years) recurrence-free survival. Ultrasonic tomography allows to monitor formation of the capsule and is, therefore, useful for assessing treatment outcome, making prognosis and determining time and extent of surgery.

[Ultrasonic diagnosis of hepatic echinococcosis]. / Ekhotomografiia pri ékhinokokkoze pecheni.

Echotomography was used in the complex examination of 84 patients operated upon for echinococcosis of the liver. An analysis of the data obtained has shown echotomography to be highly sensitive in patients with cavital newformations. The method is expedient to be used first in the complex examination of patients with any pathology of the liver for the detection of patients with echinococcus disease, for the establishment of the topographic localization and recurrences of the pathological process.