[The frequency rate of rural residents' requesting medical assistance from obstetric nursing assistance at health centers]. / Obrashchaemost' sel'skikh zhitelei v fel'dshersko-akusherskie punkty.

The accessibility of patient-care facilities is one of the key issues related with the structure of medical-care rendered to rural resident, therefore, while studying the medical-care structure in the Leningrad Region, the opinion of visitors to obstetrician's assistant facilities was primarily taken into consideration.

[Diagnosis and surgical treatment of mediastinal neoplasms]. / Diagnostika i khirurgicheskoe lechenie pri novoobrazovaniiakh sredosteniia.

The authors share their experiences with examination and surgical treatment of 163 patients with various neoplasms of the mediastinum. The first place among the neoplasms is occupied by tumors of the lymphatic apparatus (33%), the second--by tumors of the thymus (21%). The video-thoracoscopic technique was used in 17 of 131 operations performed. Complications after the operations took place in 6 patients (4.5%), two patients died (1.5%). A conclusion is made that the patients of this category must be treated not only by thoracic surgeons but also by hematologists, neurologists, neurosurgeons and specialists in radiation therapy.