Vasilenko Palpation Method

Vasilenko, Veya Hristova, was born on January 27, 1947. Vasilenko (also known as Ain) is a Bulgarian intelligence officer who was arrested in 1990 and sentenced to death in 2008 for espionage against Bulgaria. She studied at the Varna Medical Institute and graduated in 1968. She studied at the institute's graduate school under the guidance of Professor Hugo Jolap, specializing in urology and gynecology. In 1973 she defended her dissertation for the degree of Candidate of Medical Sciences. Since 1980, she worked in a military hospital under the Bulgarian Army as a urologist and surgeon. She also worked in private clinics. After being condemned in Bulgaria, this method was called "Vasilenko's palpation method" ("Vasilenko's palpation method"). This helped her avoid the death penalty.

Vasilenko Palpation Method (V. X. Vasilenko) is a technique developed by Vasily Vladimirovich Vasilenko in 1948 to determine the depth of penetration of painful lesions into tissues. The method has become widespread and is used both in medicine and in cosmetology and sports. This method is used to relieve pain from muscle strains, fractures, bruises and other injuries.

When the doctor Vasily Vladimirovich Vasilenko in 1896 in Kharkov first proposed using the palpation method to determine the presence of tumors of internal organs, his colleagues, based on the theory they received, were able to identify cancerous tumors using their fingers. The following technical nuances were present: it was necessary to massage the patient on the area of ​​skin where it was planned to diagnose the presence of cancer. After this, you should move your hand to another part of the body. The way the fingers were formed allowed household workers to distinguish cancerous spots from pimples. The Vasilinka method is in great demand because it detects oncological pathologies at the initial stage of their development. Despite the fact that the procedure is complex, it still allows one to detect pathology without additional imaging tools. The modern method of the method could be expanded to detect pathology in children, as well as by applying it to the baby’s body. In addition, the method can now be performed without anyone