[Open plastic correction of postoperative hernia].

Incisional hernia is a frequent complication of abdominal surgery. The use of prosthetic materials in open incisional hernia substantially repairs diminished rate of reherniation. The object of this study was the retrospective review of the first seventy open incisional hernia repairs performed at the Tbilisi Municipal Thoraco-Abdominal Clinic.

[Exercise tolerance in evaluating the efficacy of continuous electrocardiostimulation in patients with atrioventricular block].

Fifty-three patients with brady-cardia were examined prior to and 1 year after the implantation of the cardiostimulator. It was found that the bicycle ergometric test was not contraindicated in examining the function of the respiration and circulation in patients with stable forms of bradyarrhythmia. Three types of the body's response to exercise were identified.