[The mechanisms of the evacuatory function of the gastric stump after a Hofmeister-Finsterer resection].

Attention is drawn to the fact that evacuation from the gastric stump is determined not only by the size of the anastomosis, the manner by which it is formed, whether transversely or longitudinally but also by the functional condition of the gastric stump and the efferent intestinal loop. Motor-evacuation disorders on the part of the stump and efferent intestinal loop precede the development of most postgastric resection syndromes. The authors examined 197 patients who underwent Hofmeister-Finsterer gastrectomy.

[The diagnosis of a cystic duct blockade in patients with chronic cholecystitis].

The authors describe a method of complex examination of patients with diseases of the external biliary tract with the aim of diagnosing cystic duct blocks. Intravenous cholangiography using billignost and albumin in 2:1 ratio proved highly effective. Of essential help in the diagnosis of cystic duct block was dynamic ultrasonic examination.

[Functional state of the stomach after gastrectomy and vagotomy and the ways of improving the results of surgical treatment of peptic ulcer].

A complex examination of 286 patients was performed after gastric resection by the method of Hofmeister-Finsterer, 64 patients after truncal vagotomy with antrum-resection, 14--after selective proximal vagotomy with draining operations and 26--without draining operation. Time for the recovery of motor-evacuatory function of the stomach after organ-preserving operations was considerably shorter than after resection of the stomach. In order to shorten the period of adaptation of the digestion organs after operative treatment of ulcer disease a complex of rehabilitating measures is proposed including percutaneous electrostimulation, diet, balneological and medicamentous therapy.