[Energy loss by the body during gastrectomy].

A method for calculation of the loss of energy by an organism of a patient at the time of gastric resection is presented. It is shown that for the 2h of operation, a patient losses the amount of energy which is almost equal to the basal metabolism for 24 hours.

[Determining the extent of gastric cancer by the thermographic method].

In an analysis of findings of thermographic examinations of the anterior abdominal wall in 167 patients with gastric cancer four types of thermograms were established: the 1st type of thermographic picture with focal hyperthermia in the epigastric area and left hypochondrium was characteristic of gastric tumors not exceeding the limits of the organ. Carcinomatosis of the abdomen is characterized by the 2nd type of the thermographic picture. The third and fourth types characterized by intensive infrared radiation along all the anterior abdominal wall indicate mostly inoperable tumoral process.

[Cytological control of the extent of tumor excision in stomach cancer].

To ascertain precisely the gastric cancer stage is possible only during the operation. In many medical institutions the degree of local tumor proliferation and the level of its metastatic spread is assessed by a surgeon basing on his personal experience by the examination and palpation findings. Use of the intraoperative cytologic assay in surgical treatment of gastric cancer enables ascertaining the fact of tumor spread beyond the organ boundaries.