[Late results of gastrectomy and truncal vagotomy in duodenal ulcer].

In equal groups of patients with duodenal ulcers truncal vagotomy with draining operations were performed in 98 patients, gastric resection--in 196 patients. The observations lasted from 2 to 7 years. Immediate lethal outcomes did not take place after vagotomy.

[Autologous transfusion of UV-irradiated blood in the treatment of occlusive arterial diseases of the lower extremities].

Complex examination of 72 patients with obliterating atherosclerosis and 10 patients with obliterating endarteritis was performed. All the patients were given autotransfusion of UV-irradiated blood as conservative treatment, preoperative preparation and postoperative management. The course of AUVIB was followed by a decrease of the lactic acid level, increase of functional properties of hemoglobin, activation of humoral immunity, change of the blood hemostatic potential to the side of hypocoagulation.

[Results of truncal vagotomy in duodenal ulcer with disorders of cardial function].

Truncal vagotomy with draining measures was fulfilled in 70 patients with complicated duodenal ulcers. In 50 of them there was an insufficient cardial constrictor (in 26 patients--of light degree, in 20--of mild degree, in 4--of severe degree). Long-term results of the treatment of the disease were good in 68 patients, two patients had recurrences.

[Possibility of isolating higher-risk factors in the malignant transformation of solitary formations in the thyroid gland].

Main general clinical symptoms were compared in 450 patients with different solitary formations of the thyroid gland. The authors failed to narrow the group of higher risk of malignization of the solitary formations.

[Treatment of lactation mastitis].

Results of the hospital treatment of severe purulent mastitis in 127 women after childbirth were analyzed. The authors believe that opening of the purulent cavity and dissection of the purulent focus within the limits of intact tissues do not exclude one another. They should be performed according to corresponding indications.

[Treatment of gangrene of the lower extremities in diabetics].

The authors believe that the main criterion for choice of the method of treatment of diabetic patients with gangrene of lower extremities is the degree of compensation of blood circulation which was estimated by temperature asymmetry of necrosis on the crus. The conclusion is made on the basis of treatment of 62 patients. The amputation at the femur level is indicated in decompensated blood circulation, amputations on the foot associated with intensive pharmacotherapy are indicated in subcompensation.

[Importance of electroimpulse therapy for restoration of work capacity in patients with auricular fibrillation].

Social rehabilitation was studied in 799 patients with atrial fibrillation. Before the sinus rhythm was restored 26% of the patients had been working. Among the working patients the history of atrial fibrillation was usually of a short duration (9.