[The ultrasonic diagnosis of acute appendicitis and its complications].

The article discusses the possibility of ultrasonic examination (USE) in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis and its complications. Forty-five patients were examined, 15 of them had a doubtful clinical picture of acute appendicitis and in 30 destructive acute appendicitis was suspected. During USE the vermiform process was not detected in 5 patients, uncomplicated acute appendicitis was diagnosed in 10 and complicated acute appendicitis (appendicular infiltrate, abscess) in 30 patients.

[Use of ribonuclease in multimodal treatment of acute pancreatitis].

The method of intraductal administration of ribonuclease as a therapeutic measure was developed on an experimental model of acute pancreatitis in albino rats. Morphological and biochemical examination showed that intraductal administration of ribonuclease in a dose of 0.5 mg produces a positive therapeutic effect, which allowed the method to be applied in complex treatment of 33 patients with various forms of acute pancreatitis.