Emergency repair of a radiation-induced aortoesophageal fistula with endograft: report of a case.

This report presents the case of the emergency repair of a radiation-induced aortoesophageal fistula (AEF) with an endograft. The patient presented with multiple episodes of upper gastrointestinal bleeding. The fistula was discovered and treated in the operating room.

[Pre- and postoperative correction of hyposiderosis in surgical treatment of portal hypertension].

In order to study iron metabolism disorders in patients with portal hypertension syndrome, to determine clinical significance of hyposiderosis and to work out effective method of its correction, 94 patients with cirrhosis of the liver complicated by portal hypertension were examined. As a result of determination of these disorders of iron metabolism methods for treatment of hypochromal anemia and hyposiderosis have been worked out. Hemotransfusions, administration of iron-containing preparation Ferrum-lec and combination of these methods were used for treatment.