[Causes of the formation of hernias after laparoscopic cholecystectomy].

The authors made an analysis of postoperative hernias in 32 patients. General and local causes are considered. The proposed technical methods used for exclusion of local causes allowed the frequency of postoperative hernias to be reduced from 1.

[Complications of laparascopic cholecystectomy].

1389 laparoscopic operations were fulfilled for chronic and acute cholecystitis. In 41 patients (3%) it was necessary to pass on to laparotomy. Injury of hepaticocholedochus was made in 6 patients (0.

[Technical aspects of nasointestinal intubation].

According to the authors' opinion nasointestinal intubation have some advantages over "open" methods of decompression of the small bowel in paralytic intestinal obstruction resulted from peritonitis and mechanical obstruction of the small bowel. The authors' experience with more than 500 their own cases indicates, that application of nasointestinal intubation is not only necessary, but safe as well if keeping strictly to the established technique. Technical aspects of the method, possible errors which could occur during the performance of nasointestinal intubation and introduction of the probe are described.