[Nuclease activity in multiple trauma]. / Aktivnost' nukleaz pri mnozhestvennoi travme.

Activities of acid and alkaline DNAses and RNAses as well as content of insulin were studied in blood of patients with severe mechanical trauma. Distinct alterations in activities of acid and alkaline DNAses were observed in the acute period of the disease and the activity was normalized within 14-21 days. The RNAase system exhibited the most pronounced response to the trauma, while activity of acid RNAase exceeded the normal level by 52% within 21 days of the posttraumatic period. Activities of acid and alkaline RNAases were increased simultaneously with elevation of the insulin content in blood within 14-21 days of the disease. Thus, alterations in the nucleases activity proved to be a sensitive response of a body to mechanical trauma.

[Surgical treatment of injuries of the long flexor tendon of the 1st finger]. / Khirurgicheskoe lechenie povrezhdenii sukhozhiliia dlinnogo sgibatelia I pal'tsa kisti.

The results of the surgical treatment of 74 patients with damages of long flexor tendon of the I-st finger of hand justify application of different methods of restorative therapy depending on the level and term of trauma, 30 perfect, 25 good, 17 satisfactory and 2 bad results have been registered. Adequate restoration of thumb bending function following transposition of the surface flexor tendon of the III finger was observed that allowed the authors to draw a conclusion on expediency of application of this method in inveterate cases with flexor functional failure.