[Acute cholecystogenic suppurative cholangitis].

The authors discuss the results of clinical, instrumental, and microbiological examinations of 240 patients suffering from purulent cholangitis in acute cholecystitis. Choledocholithiasis was the main cause of the development of purulent cholangitis in 90.8% of patients.

[Diseases of the major duodenal papilla as a cause of post-cholecystectomy syndrome].

Analysis of 460 patients suffering from the postcholecystectomy syndrome (PCS) revealed an abnormality in the major duodenal papilla (MDP) in 32.4% of them. The development of PCS in this group of patients was caused by coexistence of several pathological processes, which was established in 71% of patients with diseases of the MDP.

[Diagnosis and treatment of post-cholecystectomy syndrome].

The authors analyse the results of examination of 154 patients who were admitted for the postcholecystectomy syndrome, 130 of them underwent retrograde cholangiopancreatography. The most common cause of the postcholecystectomy syndrome was residual or recurrent choledocholithiasis (38.5%), stricture of the major duodenal papilla or terminal part of the choledochus (34.