[Method of cover of "difficult" duodenal stump in resection of the stomach].

The experience with 233 stomach resections in "difficult" ulcers is analyzed. The main cause of complications and lethality after these surgeries is duodenal stump sutures insufficiency seen in 17 (7.3%) patients, and in 10 (4.

[Diagnosis and treatment of iatrogenic and criminal injuries of the esophagus].

An experience with treatment of iatrogenic and criminal traumas of the esophagus included 57 patients. There were 36 patients with iatrogenic traumas (perforation of the esophagus during diagnostic and curative manipulations and operations on the lungs and esophagus). Different kinds of operations were made depending on the localization of the injury.

[The diagnosis and surgical treatment of neck wounds].

The authors share their experiences with treatment of wounds of the neck in 210 patients. Major vessels were injured in 85 of them (40.5%), arterial vessels being injured in 19 patients, venous vessels in 23 patients.

[The treatment of iatrogenic esophageal trauma].

An experience with treatment of 35 patients with iatrogenic trauma of the esophagus is presented. Perforation of the cervical part took place in 14 patients and 21 patients had perforation of the thoracic part. The method of choice for operation of the injured thoracic part of the esophagus must be primary suture, at later stages it must be the drainage of the upper mediastinum.