[The diagnosis of sialolithiasis taking into account the stage of the pathological process]. / Diagnostika sliunnokamennoi bolezni s uchetom stadii patologicheskogo protsessa.

A total of 142 patients with sialolithiasis were examined, treated, and followed up. Analysis of clinical manifestations and morphologic changes has revealed a staged pattern of this condition, depending on the sialolith localization, disease standing, and incidence of inflammation exacerbations. The authors consider that a profound study of clinical symptoms with the use of mathematical statistics methods permits a sufficiently accurate identification of the histologic stage of the process and helps define the scope of surgical intervention.

[Experimental validation of the use of the masseter muscle in treating paralysis of the mimetic muscles]. / Eksperimental'noe obosnovanie ispol'zovaniia zhevatel'noi myshtsy pri lechenii paralichei mimicheskikh myshts.

In 15 rabbits the distal end of masseter muscle was surgically transposed to perioral region. After 90, 120 and 180 days the altered muscle position and reduction of functional load did not cause its degeneration. Rather, these conditions elicited a functional reordering evidenced by reduction of muscular fibers' cross-sectional area, the number of surrounding capillaries, decrease in the succinate dehydrogenase activity and increase in connective tissue layer.