[Surgery of chronic hepatitis].

The article deals with the diagnosis and results of surgical treatment of 203 patients with chronic hepatitis. It is shown that complex pre- and intraoperative examination of the organs of the hepatobiliary area is necessary in order to detect the disease and choose the adequate surgical tactics. Intraoperative biopsy of the liver with emergency histologic study of the collected material is said to play the determinant role in the diagnosis of chronic hepatitis.

[Chronic non-calculous cholecystitis].

Experience with the surgical treatment of 340 patients with chronic acalculous cholecystitis is described. In 56,5% of observations it was complicated by the involvement of organs of the hepatobiliopancreatic group. The authors stress the importance of a complex instrumental pre- and intra-operative examination which can reveal lesions not only in the gallbladder but also in the major bile ducts, liver and pancreas.