[Primary-progressive multiple sclerosis in Russia: a medical-sociological study involving patients and neurologists]. / Pervichno-progressiruiushchii rasseiannyi skleroz v Rossii: mediko-sotsiologicheskoe issledovanie s uchastiem patsientov i nevrologov.

The main results of a medical-sociological study aimed at the evaluation of the level of satisfaction with treatment in patients with primary progressive multiple sclerosis (PPMS) are presented. The survey was conducted in 19 regions of the Russian Federation and involved 437 patients with confirmed diagnosis of PPMS and 80 neurologists specialized in multiple sclerosis. The research was carried out by the All-Russian Public Organization of Disabled People with Multiple Sclerosis with the participation of the Russian Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis. This is the first medical-sociological study in the Russian Federation involving patients with PPMS and neurologists. The study revealed typical medical and social problems patients with PPMS faced. A significant decrease in quality-of-life of PPMS patients was shown.

[Sociological research in Samara Oblast: a role of social organizations of patients in the improvement of quality of medical and social care].

Results of a sociological research studying characteristics of reintegration of people with multiple sclerosis (MS) in a society are presented. During the research, people with MS living in the territory of the Samara region and experts, representatives of a region profile medical community, have been interrogated. The analysis of medical and social factors influencing the process of rehabilitation of the target group of patients is given. The role of Samara regional public organization of disabled people with MS (structural division of the All-Russian Multiple Sclerosis Society) in the improvement of quality of medical and socially-psychological help to people with MS is studied.

[Echographic evaluation of anatomical bone structures peculiarities in children with two-sided cleft of upper lip and palate before and after early prosthetic treatment].

Ultrasound study of maxilla was performed in 74 patients with one-sided cleft of upper lip and palate (CULP) of the age from 1 month to 1.5 year. 49 patients with two-sided clefts got early prosthetic treatment with ultrasound investigation before the treatment beginning and after its completion. Cleft width, distance between alveolar process side fragments, height of alveolar process side fragments, angles of maxillary palatine processes origin from alveolar process side fragments, convergence angles of maxillary palatine processes and convergence angles of alveolar process side fragments were measured as well as intermaxillary bone mobility was determined. It was shown that echographic study in patients with CULP gave additional information that necessary for treatment planning and objective assessment of its results.

[Ultrasound study possibilities in evaluation of anatomical structures in children with congenital cleft of upper lip and palate].

Congenital cleft of upper lip and palate (CCULP) is one of the most widely spread and complicated developmental malformation of maxillofacial region, its frequency makes up for 16.4% of the total number of inherited defects. Ultrasound study (USS) let receive clinically significant information about anatomical structures peculiarities of upper lip, alveolar process and palate in patients with crest CCULP that could be important for surgical and prosthetic treatment planning and also significant for assessment of immediate and postponed treatment results. Verification of the received during surgical interventions and orthodontic manipulations data showed high diagnostic reliability of the USS results.