[Treatment of acute paraproctitis by latex ligature method].

A new procedure of operation in acute paraproctitis with transsphincteral purulent canal is proposed. The method is based on deferral transection of sphincter's portion by latex ligature, which ensure minimal diastasis of muscular ends and prevents the development of anal sphincter insufficiency. 35 patients with different forms of transsphincteral purulent canal were operated by this technique.

[Anaerobic paraproctitis].

The authors had 80 patients, most of them (90%) of an old age, with anaerobic paraproctitis. Delayed hospitalization was encountered in 62 cases, in 16 of these cases an erroneous diagnosis had been established. Severe concomitant diseases complicated the course of anaerobic paraproctitis in 80% of cases (in each group of three patients one had diabetes mellitus).