[Soft framework of the human body]

At the Department of Operative Surgery and Topographic Anatomy, I. M. Sechenov First Medical Institute, Moscow, a group of workers under Academician V. V. Kovanov leadership, have created a complete theory on the soft framework of the human body, investigated morphogenesis of its components, the most important of which--fasciae--form cases for muscles, tegmens for organs and sheaths for blood vessels. Age alterations of the fascial formations stipulate a wide spread of purulent infections in young and old age. Owing to the theory on fascial nodes, which represent a flexible support, pivotal areas in the soft framework of various parts of the human body, it is possible to widen application of local anesthesia and novocain blockade--a pathogenetic method for treating some illnesses. The theory on paravasal structures made it possible to work out various surgical approaches and operative methods for blood vessels, their diseases making a large percent among surgical cases at present.