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Extreme Medicine
SCIENTIFIC AND PRACTICAL REVIEWED JOURNAL OF FMBA OF RUSSIA
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Assessment of the impact of retrocerebellar cysts in the brain on the cerebrospinal fluid system as a criterion of fitness for flight
About authors
1 419th Military Hospital of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Krasnodar, Russia
2 Russian Biotechnological University (BIOTECH University), Moscow, Russia
3 State Research Testing Institute of Aviation and Space Medicine, Moscow, Russia
4 Kuban State Medical University, Krasnodar, Russia
5 Kirov Medical Military Academy of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
6 Regional Clinical Hospital № 2, Krasnodar, Russia
About paper
Author contribution: Gornov SV — contribution to research design, concept development, research procedure; Karpenko DV — manuscript writing; Gornov VV — data analysis and interpretation, critical revision of the manuscript draft; Kolomiitsev VG — manuscript writing, data acquisition, software development; Eselevich RV — final conclusions; Burova IV — study concept determination, manuscript draft writing, approval of the final version of the article, responsibility for integrity of all parts of the article; Litvinenko EA — methodology development; Krupa RA — manuscript formatting.
Compliance with the ethical standards: the study was compliant with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki.
Received: 2024-02-05
Accepted: 2024-03-24
Published online: 2024-03-31
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Fig. 1. T2-weighted MRI, axial slice: arachnoid spaces at the level of the cerebellar hemispheres (retrocerebellar cyst) in the form of local enlargement with the axial size up to 7 × 11 mm in the first-year cadet H. aged 20 years. This cadet, Candidate for Master of Sport in swimming, prize-winner of the Cup of the Russian Armed Forces among cadets, was recognized as unfit for flight training [1]
Fig. 2. Arachnoid retrocerebellar cysts in the military pilot in reserve S. This officer was discharged from military service due to reaching the maximum age limit. Brain
MRI was not performed during previous VLEKs, the pilot was considered to be fit for flight duties
Table 1. Results of the professional psychological selection of the cadets of groups 1 (no brain alterations in MRI) and 2 (retrocerebellar cysts in MRI)
Table 2. Average scores for the main academic disciplines and physical training in cadets of groups 1 (no brain alterations in MRI) and 2 (retrocerebellar cysts in MRI)
Table 3. Structure of reasons for expulsion from the aviation school in the first year among cadets of groups 1 (no brain alterations in MRI) and 2 (retrocerebellar cysts in MRI)
