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Breast cancer holds the leading position among womens cancer. Nowadays extensive experience has been acquired in surgical treatment of this disease. However, a significant proportion of young and middle-aged patients, the expansion of adjuvant therapy capabilities and the effectiveness of integrated treatment dictate a need to pay more attention to the aestheticity of surgical interventions. The review analyzes the results of the modern studies on the effectiveness and aestheticity of the most common types of surgical treatment of breast cancer; the evolutionary trends in oncosurgery are presented.

Pancreatic cancer accounts for 810% of all cases of malignant tumors of the digestive organs and 5060% of pancreaticoduodenal malignant neoplasms. Over the past 30 years the incidence of pancreatic cancer in Russia has increased by 30%. The main method of treatment this category of patients requires surgical intervention. Extensive experience has been gained in using various types of surgical therapy. The review analyzes the results of modern studies on the efficacy and safety of the most common of them.

The aim of the study was to analyze the results of spinal artery damage treatment of the injured. Materials and methods. An 2-year analysis of treating 7 patients with vertebral artery injuries admitted to the City Hospital (GB) No. 26 of St. Petersburg was carried out. The problems of diagnosing and treating these injuries have been identified. The solutions to these problems have been suggested. Two clinical cases of successful treatment of injured patients with spinal artery damage have been presented. Results. Theres a possibility of damaging vertebral arteries in neck injuries thus defining the need for introducing high-informative methods of inspection (a spiral computer tomography contrast angiography, a Magnetic Resonance Imaging) and low-invasive (X-ray endovascular) interventions in urgent surgery. The implementation of complex instrumental examinations, their nature, the number of them and urgency should be determined by a surgeon individually considering the recommendations of related specialists. Conclusions. Regardless of the wound size and the patients condition, examination and treatment of patients with neck injuries should be carried out in large hospitals with angiosurgeon and other narrow specialists in the panel of doctors with the 24-hour surveillance, as well as access to full examination and high-tech urgent operational interventions.