[Choice of surgical approach in the treatment of patients with deep frost bites].

Two main approaches to surgical treatment were studied in 114 patients with deep frost bites of the extremities. First - early necrectomy with subsequent local treatment of wounds and their surgical closure on the final stage. Second - long-term conservative treatment until formation of demarcation line and limitation of necrotic tissues with subsequent surgical treatment including their resection and simultaneous formation of the stump of the extremity.

[Early relaparotomy in the surgical treatment of abdominal viscera].

Analysis of 88 repeated surgical interventions after 4,017 operations on the abdominal organs showed the obvious advantages of early relaparotomy with the performance of laparostomy, according to indications, in patients with postoperative pyoinflammatory complications in the abdominal cavity. The mortality rate was 19.3% in early and 80.

[Diseases of the major duodenal papilla as a cause of post-cholecystectomy syndrome].

Analysis of 460 patients suffering from the postcholecystectomy syndrome (PCS) revealed an abnormality in the major duodenal papilla (MDP) in 32.4% of them. The development of PCS in this group of patients was caused by coexistence of several pathological processes, which was established in 71% of patients with diseases of the MDP.

[Diagnosis and treatment of post-cholecystectomy syndrome].

The authors analyse the results of examination of 154 patients who were admitted for the postcholecystectomy syndrome, 130 of them underwent retrograde cholangiopancreatography. The most common cause of the postcholecystectomy syndrome was residual or recurrent choledocholithiasis (38.5%), stricture of the major duodenal papilla or terminal part of the choledochus (34.

[Echosonography and retrograde cholangiopancreatography in selecting surgical tactics in mechanical jaundice].

The results of the diagnosis and treatment of 134 patients with obstructive jaundice are analyzed. The diagnostic potentialities of the ultrasonic method and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCPG) are compared. ERCPG has been found more effective for the diagnosis of the causes, localization, and severity of the bile duct obstruction in patients with mechanical jaundice.

[Surgical treatment of chronic suppurative sacroiliitis].

An original method of surgical treatment of purulent sacroiliitis is described. It was used in 8 patients and reduced the period of treatment from 3-6 to 1-1.5 months.

[Use of prodigioza in the overall treatment of chronic osteomyelitis].

Treatment of 188 patients suffering from chronic osteomyelitis of various etiology and localization with prodigiosan, a bacterial lipopolysaccharide favoured an increase in the nonspecific immunobiological reactivity: the phagocytic activity and leucocytic intensity increased, the average titers of iso- and heteroagglutinins, as well as the complementary activity of the serum became higher. The results of the clinico-laboratory studies are indicative of advisable use of prodigiosan in complex therapy of cases with chronic osteomyelitis.