[Diagnosis and tactics in multiple trauma].

It is difficult to establish the diagnosis in combined injuries because of the peculiar pathogenesis leading to unusual symptomatology and diagnostic errors. This is associated with some peculiarities of a combined injury: it is marked by the syndrome of mutual aggravation; signs of less severe injuries often come to the forefront; the usual complex of symptoms may be indistinct or even absent. For instance, in internal hemorrhage combined with contusion of the brain arterial pressure may be normal or even increased, while the signs of "acute abdomen" may not be manifested as the result of diminished abdominal reflexes.

[Relaparotomy in abdominal injuries].

Relaparotomies in the postoperative period were performed in 56 out of 529 patients (10,6%) operated upon for injuries of organs of the abdominal cavity. Twenty-two of them died. In most cases relaparotomies were caused by peritonitis, intraabdominal bleedings and abscesses.

[Diagnosis and surgical tactics in injuries of the pancreas].

Results of the treatment of 49 patients with injuries of the pancreas are analyzed. Lethality was 36.2%.