[Benign tumors of the stomach and intestine as a cause of bleeding].

There were examined 30 patients with benign tumor of stomach and intestine, complicated by hemorrhage. The operation conduction is indicated when benign tumor is revealed because of the profuse hemorrhage recurrency danger. When the bleeding gastric or intestinal polyp is present the conservative therapy or the conduction of endoscopic hemostasis and biopsy with subsequent performance of the planned operative intervention are effective.

[The administration of sandostatin in the combined treatment of acute pancreatitis and its complications].

Experience of application of the somatostatin synthetic analog sandostatin ("Novartis" firm) in treatment of 212 patients, including 84--with an acute pancreatitis (AP), 41--with postoperative AP (APP), 15--with external pancreatic fistula and 72--with high risk of the APP occurrence for prophylaxis was summarized. The significant inhibiting action of preparation on endocrine pancreatic function was noted. High efficacy of sandostatin in patients with AP and its complications was determined.

[The role of hormones from the mucosa of the gastric antrum in regulating gastric secretion].

Removal of antral mucosa obviously reduced the sensitivity of glandulocytes to pentagastrin in dogs with Basov-Pavlov fistulae. Activation of the endocrinal cells of the antral mucosa after fundal and antral parts separation exerted an opposite effect. The data obtained suggest that, along with gastrin, there is another hormonal factor facilitating the action of gastrin in the antral mucosa.