[Global trends in endovascular treatment of patients with malignant neoplasms and metastatic liver damage]. / Obzor mirovykh tendentsii v interventsionnom rentgenendovaskulyarnom lechenii patsientov so zlokachestvennymi novoobrazovaniyami i metastaticheskim porazheniem pecheni.

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the results of endovascular embolization of malignant tumors and liver metastases. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We analyzed international studies on the treatment of patients with neoplastic liver lesions and complications after regional endovascular embolization following leakage of chemotherapeutic drugs from the target vessel and negative systemic effects. The results of embolization of liver arteries without chemotherapeutic drugs were also analyzed. We reviewed the PubMed, The Cochrane Library, Web of Science databases, as well as Russian scientific and practical journals. CONCLUSION: Literature data indicate high clinical effectiveness of interventional treatment of patients with malignant neoplasms and metastatic liver damage.

[Surgical treatment of chronic pancreatitis: indications, timing, methods]. / Khirurgicheskoe lechenie khronicheskogo pankreatita: pokazaniya, sroki, metody.

The review is devoted to complex treatment of chronic pancreatitis considering modern data on pathogenesis of this disease. The authors analyze various aspects of endoscopic and surgical interventions in refractory pain syndrome and complications of chronic pancreatitis, as well as positive and negative aspects of each method. Various surgical interventions and indications are analyzed in detail. One of the important points was analysis of the period between disease onset and surgical treatment that affects quality of life in patients with chronic pancreatitis in mid- and long-term period.

[Actual issues of diagnosis and treatment of diverticulitis]. / Aktual'nye voprosy diagnostiki i lecheniya divertikulita.

The authors reviewed the main researches devoted to pathophysiological mechanisms and international classification of diverticulitis, analyzed multiple-center retrospective and randomized prospective studies. Modern diagnostic and therapeutic approaches, certain unsolved problems in indications for surgeries and their technique, as well as the role of surgical interventions in prevention of recurrences and severe complications of diverticulitis are demonstrated.