[Result of Panzytrat 25000 therapy following total gastrectomy].

Thirteen patients who had undergone total gastrectomy because of gastric cancer in 11 cases and gastric lymphoma in 2 cases (6 female, 7 male) at the 3rd Department of Surgery, Semmelweis University, Medical School have been followed up. The length of follow up period varied between 7.5 months and six years.

[Prevention of carcinoid tumor crisis].

A case of the carcinoid tumour of ileum causing hormone producing multiple hepatic metastases was described. Sometimes after feeding and drinking of beer the "flush" and the diarrhoea appeared. Multiple hepatic metastases were established by ultrasound.

Effect of truncal vagotomy on the bacterial flora in the duodenal juice on dogs.

The qualitative and quantitative changes in the bacterial flora of the duodenal juice after truncal vagotomy have been studied in self-control experiments in dogs. The intervention was followed by a rise in the bacterial count without a change in qualitative composition. It is suggested that the accumulation of microorganisms might contribute to the development of postoperative diarrhoea.