[Cerebral homeostasis disorder in patients with severe craniocerebral trauma during acute period]. / Narushenie komponentov tserebral'nogo gomeostaza u bol'nykh v ostrom periode tiazheloi cherepno-mozgovoi travmy.

Liquor distension, disorders of the cerebral hemodynamics as well as vegetative disorders and changes of immune reactivity in patients after a severe craniocerebral trauma are discussed. The examination of patients during the initial 10 days after trauma pointed at the relation of a cerebral trauma type with liquor distension, cerebral perfusion pressure, changes of the vegetative balance and with disorders of the auto-immune status. The most profound changes were observed in a severe craniocerebral trauma involving a severe cerebral contusion and compression.

[Validation of the use of the CO2 laser in operations on the brain]. / Obosnovanie primeneniia CO2-lazera rpi operatsiiakh na golovnom mozge.

It is reported that the CO2-laser can be used in operations on the brain. Information is given on the response of the brain structures to irradiation with a wave length of 10.6 microns. The optimal regimens of the device operation were elaborated depending on the concrete object of the various stages of the surgical intervention. The medical laser device Skal'pel'-1 was used in the clinic in 109 operations. The low traumatization of such operations and the favourable course of the postoperative period are pointed out.