[Spinal cord injury in multiple myeloma]. / [Porazhenie spinnogo mozga pri mnozhestvennoi mielome]

Myelomic spinal cord damage may be a result of both its compression and vascular disorders (squeezing of an artery, disorders of venous outflow). Diagnosis is based on evaluation of the following signs: normochromic anemia; increase of ESR, total protein and calcium levels; discovery of M-gradient in protein fractions of gamma-zone; multiple regions of destruction in spondylogramme. In doubtful cases magneto-resonance and computer tomography were the most informative. Highly effective was therapy with intensive chemoprogramme including either a range of preparations (alkeran, BGNU, cyclophosphan, adriblastina, prednisolon) or a combination of polychemotherapy with irradiation. The operation was indicated in both insufficiency of conservative therapy and increasing of the symptoms of the damage.

[Surgical treatment of middle aged and aged patients with complicated and locally invasive forms of cancer of the colon]. / Khirurgicheskoe lechenie bol'nykh pozhilogo i starcheskogo vozrasta s oslozhnenymi i mestnorasprostranennymi formami raka obodochnoi kishki.

The article analyses treatment of 207 patients subjected to surgical intervention at the onco-proctological department of the Moscow City Oncological Dispensary in the period between 1982 and 1986. Most patients in the age group suffered from complicated and locally proliferated forms of cancer. Data are cited in favour of avoiding operations with formation of primary colonic anastomosis when the tumor in this group of patients is found in the left half of the colon.

[Diagnosis and treatment of chronic spinal arachnoiditis]. / Diagnostika i lechenie khronicheskogo spina'lnogo arakhnoidita.

Altogether 61 patients with chronic spinal arachnoiditis underwent clinical and laboratory studies for deranged functions of the nervous system. The main neurologic syndromes, the results of examining cerebrospinal fluid and spondylo- and myelography data are given. At the first stage the treatment should be conservative. Surgical intervention is indicated when symptoms of compression increase.

[Fractional and fatty-acid composition of the lipids of horse and camel meat]. / Fraktsionnyi i zhirno-kislotnyi sostav lipidov koniny i verbliuzhatiny.

The authors examined lipids of horse and camel meat and those obtained from the camel's hump. It was shown that the content of total lipids in camel meat ranges from 10.4 to 16.3 g/100 g product, that in horse meat from 5.9 to 16.5 g/100 g product. No differences are recorded in the fractional composition of lipids contained by both types of meat. The main part of lipids is constituted by triglycerides (91-92%). Horse meat lipids are marked by a high content of polyunsaturated fatty acids (15.8-18.4%) and by a high degree of unsaturation (72.8-78.4). Camel meat lipids, particularly those obtained from the camel's hump are characterized by a considerable content of saturated fatty acids (44% in camel meat and 60.2% in the hump). Hump lipids are poor in polyunsaturated fatty acids (1.1%). The losses of meat lipids on culinary treatment are within 24-44%.

[Physicochemical fat indices and the fatty acid composition of the lipids in mare's milk and shubath (sour camel's milk)]. / Nekotorye fiziko-khimicheskie pokazateli zhira i zhirnokislotnyi sostav lipidov kobyl'ego moloka i shubata.

Physicochemical properties of fat and fatty-acid composition of mare's milk and shubath (sour milk product obtained from camel's milk) depend on the season. During summer these products show a higher content of fat and increased level of polyunsaturated fatty acids, particularly in mare's milk lipids. It has been shown that in mare's milk lipids 90% is due to acids with a carbon chain of C14-18, while shubath lipids contain almost 96% of such acids.