Randomized clinical trial of suture repair, polypropylene mesh or autodermal hernioplasty for incisional hernia.

Background: Since conventional suture repair for incisional hernia is associated with high recurrence rates, alloplastic and autoplastic prosthetic techniques have been suggested.

Methods: In a randomized trial, 160 patients with simple or complex hernias underwent either suture repair, autodermal skin graft or onlay polypropylene mesh repair. Suture repair was not done in complex hernias.

[A comparison of different methods for quantum hemotherapy in treating complicated forms of acute cholecystitis in middle-aged and elderly patients].

Quantum hemotherapy (QH) was used in complex treatment of elderly and senile patients operated upon for complicated forms of acute cholecystitis. Under examination there were 75 patients. Transfusion of UV irradiated donor plasma was found to be most effective of the QH methods used by us in the complex treatment of acute cholecystitis in elderly and senile patients.