[Use of nickel-titanium alloys in plasty of the anterior abdominal wall].

The work presents results of the surgical treatment of postoperative hernias of the abdominal wall using explants of titanium nickelide in 48 patients. Data of biopsy of the anterior abdominal wall muscles in these patients are given. The anatomo-morphological and functional incompetence is shown.

[Treatment of complete pancreatic ruptures and their complications].

24 victims with complete ruptures of the pancreas underwent operations of the occlusion of pancreatic ducts, distally to the site of injury. There were no lethal outcomes in these cases. 16 patients were examined in follow-up period from 2 to 10 years, no signs of endocrine insufficiency were revealed in any case; moderate exocrine insufficiency was detected in 2 patients.

[Occlusion of pancreatic ducts in pancreonecrosis].

The article deals with the results of treatment of acute experimental necrosis of the pancreas by occlusion of its duct system with Adgenol. This led to authentic reduction of the level of trypsin, amylase, and middle mass molecules and improvement of the microhemocirculation parameters. The microscopic organization in the regional lymph nodes was normalized 3 hours after occlusion of the pancreatic ducts.

[Acute pancreatitis after gastric surgery].

After operation on the stomach in 1,602 patients (3.9% mortality) acute postoperative pancreatitis (APP) developed in 60 of them. Twenty patients died from APP.