[The complicated forms of Meckel diverticulum].

20 patients with the complicated forms of Meckel diverticulum are treated. The nosological forms were: acute diverticulitis (n=16), acute ileus (n=2), intestinal bleeding (n=1) and perforation of diverticular wall with foreign body n=1). All cases were diagnosed only intraoperatively.

[The acute small-bowel obstruction caused by periappendicular abscess].

The diagnostic modes and results of treatment 7 patients with periappendicular abscess, complicated by the acute short-bowel obstruction are discussed. Age varied from 19 to 76 years. 4 of them were hospitalized with ileus symptoms, the rest 5 developed the obstruction during the hospital stay.

[Cholelithic small bowel obstruction].

Results of treatment of 18 patients with cholelithic small bowel obstruction are analyzed. All of them were female aged 62 to 84 years with severe concomitant diseases. Different variants of clinical manifestation of small bowel obstruction, significance of diagnostic methods, the causes of delayed hospitalization and operation are analyzed in details.