TNMU Scientists Participated in the Conference “Polissia Readings: Current Issues in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Internal Diseases”

As part of the collaboration between I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University and Zhytomyr Regional Clinical Hospital, a scientific-practical conference Polissia Readings: Current Issues in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Internal Diseases” was held in Zhytomyr on April 11–12, 2025.

The conference was opened by:

Oleksandr Veselovskyi – Acting General Director of O.F. Herbachevskyi Regional Clinical Hospital;

Mykhailo Korda – Rector of I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University;

Viktoriia Babchenko – Acting Head of the Healthcare Department of Zhytomyr Regional Military Administration.

Leading TNMU scholars took part in the event:

Stepan Zaporozhan, Vice-Rector for Scientific, Educational and Clinical Affairs, Honored Healthcare Worker of Ukraine, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor;

Ihor Dziubanovskyi, Head of the Department of Surgery of Postgraduate Education, Honored Scientist and Technologist of Ukraine, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor;

Svitlana Smiyan, Head of the Department of Internal Medicine №2, Honored Scientist and Technologist of Ukraine, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, expert in rheumatology;

Marian Hrebenyk, Head of the Department of Therapy and Family Medicine of Postgraduate Education, Honored Doctor of Ukraine, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor.

The conference included two scientific-practical sessions: surgical and therapeutic.

Surgical Section

Chairs: Prof. S. Zaporozhan, Prof. I. Dziubanovskyi, PhD V.S. Khomenko.

Presentations included:
Complicated gastroduodenal ulcers — Prof. I. Dziubanovskyi (Ternopil);
Ureteral strictures as a urological challenge: The role of minimally invasive surgery — I. Vyshnevskyi (co-authors: V. Khomenko, A. Sydorchuk, N. Chepa) (Zhytomyr);

The role of laparoscopic approach in surgical treatment of chronic pancreatitis — PhD V. Khomenko (co-authors: O. Dykyi, V. Perepelytsia, O. Prokopchuk, O. Mazur) (Zhytomyr);
Modern approaches to treating choledocholithiasis — I. Kuchynskyi (co-authors: O. Tryhuba, K. Strotskyi) (Zhytomyr);

Modern anesthesiology support in minimally invasive procedures — V. Melnyk (co-authors: A. Ilchenko, V. Hlushchenko, T. Tsiuman) (Zhytomyr);
Pediatric surgery clinical cases: What to do? — Prof. P. Rusak (co-authors: O. Tolstanov, V. Rybalchenko) (Zhytomyr);

Live video broadcast from the operating room — Laparoscopic fundoplication;

Combat trauma: Our experience in providing care — P. Shpyta (co-authors: V. Artiukh, T. Muraviyov, A. Drozd, D. Shatonskyi) (Zhytomyr).

Weekend effect in surgery — video presentation by Dr. Oleksandr Reznikov (Medical University of Lausitz – Carl Thiem, Cottbus, Germany);

Minimally invasive hiatal hernia surgery: 9 years of experience at Zhytomyr Regional Clinical Hospital — O. Mazur (co-authors: V. Khomenko, V. Perepelytsia, A. Syrotkin, A. Prokopchuk) (Zhytomyr);

Therapeutic Section

Chairs: Prof. M. Hrebenyk, Prof. S. Smiyan, PhDs N. Herasymchuk and L. Kryklyvets.

Presentations included:
Osteoarthritis: Why is treatment still a challenge? — Prof. S. Smiyan (Ternopil);
Modern approaches to managing patients with cardiac arrhythmias — Prof. M. Hrebenyk (Ternopil);
Modern methods of treating arrhythmias: Personal experience — M. Kushnir (co-authors: M.M. Kushnir, S.I. Perehuda) (Zhytomyr);
Treatment of acute coronary syndrome: From past to present at Zhytomyr Regional Clinical Hospital — R. Zadniprianets (co-authors: M. Kushnir, R. Borushchak) (Zhytomyr);
Modern aspects of multiple sclerosis treatment in Zhytomyr region — V. Pryshchepa (Zhytomyr);
Practical aspects of assessing the quality of healthcare services — N. Herasymchuk (Zhytomyr);
Clinical case of catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome — L. Kryklyvets (co-authors: S. Kryklyvets, O. Medvedev) (Zhytomyr);
Monitoring results of axSpA patients receiving biological therapy — L. Kryklyvets (co-authors: S. Kryklyvets, O. Medvedev) (Zhytomyr).

The event provided an opportunity to summarize current practices and set new goals for addressing issues in diagnosing and treating internal diseases.
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