[An epidemiological analysis of postoperative suppurative pathology in surgical hospitals].

Approaches to the epidemiological analysis of postoperative wound complications in surgical hospitals are summarized. The indices for the evaluation of the epidemic situation in surgical departments (the ratio of severe and mild forms of complications, severe and posthospital complications) are proposed. To determine the site of infection, the method of graphic analysis, involving the fixation of dates of the operation and the appearance of the complication and taking into account regularities in the development of the outbreak, the depth and severity of the lesion, is proposed.

[Expediency of performing duodenojejunostomy in chronic duodenal obstruction].

The article discusses treatment of 30 patients with chronic duodenal obstruction by means of an operation for duodenojejunostomy. Three variants of subcolonic duodenojejunostomy were used. The best drainage function of longitudinal duodenojejunostomy is noted.

[Gallstone ileus].

The authors discuss 25 patients with gallstone ileus, which is a quite frequently encountered complication of cholelithiasis and is recorded in 0.64% of patient who underwent operation for calculous cholecystitis. The diagnosis and treatment of this complication have some specific features whose knowledge is extremely important in rendering emergency surgical care.

[Surgical tactics in acute cholecystitis].

The results of treatment of 1,843 patients with acute cholecystitis are analysed. Operations were carried out on 766 patients, postoperative lethality 3.5%.