[Diagnosis and treatment of complications of selective proximal vagotomy].

The authors analyse the causes of 170 (38.3%) complications which occurred after 435 interventions for selective proximal vagotomy (SPV) with or without a stomach-draining operation. Specific complications were encountered in 31.

[The diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary artery thromboembolisms].

The article discusses experience in the diagnosis and methods of treatment of thromboembolism of the pulmonary arteries at the Department of Surgery of the Vessels of the Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Surgery. There were 238 patients under observation. A complex of modern diagnostic methods were applied, including, besides the routine methods of examination, angiopulmonography with measurement of blood pressure in the pulmonary trunk and right heart chamber and scanning of the lungs.

[Selection of therapeutic tactics for nonspecific spontaneous hemopneumothorax].

The results of treatment have been analyzed for 45 patients with nonspecific spontaneous hemopneumothorax. Therapeutic policy was decided upon individually basing on the patient's condition and clinical appearance of the disease. Urgent surgery was performed in 68.

[Complex treatment of trophic ulcers in varicose veins].

The efficacy of prolonged epidural blockade and hyperbaric oxygenation in the complex treatment of varicose ulcers of the lower limbs was studied in 112 patients. When applied separately and in combination, prolonged epidural blockade and hyperbaric oxygenation facilitate the improvement of the immediate and late-term results of treatment and reduce the period of hospitalization of the patients.

[Immediate and late results of selective proximal vagotomy in pyloroduodenal ulcers].

Selective proximal vagotomy (SPV) was performed in 435 patients whose age ranged from 16 to 80. The isolated variant of SPV was applied in 130 and SPV with a stomach draining operation was conducted in 305 patients; 320 patients were examined after the operation in follow-up periods of 7 years and more. Postoperative lethality was 0.

[Experience with the prevention of venous thrombosis].

Current methods used for the prevention of vein thrombosis were evaluated with the help of radioisotopic investigation in 175 patients, aged 40 to 74 years, after extensive abdominal surgery. Deep vein thrombosis of the lower limbs was detected by radioisotopic investigation in 6% of the patients after preventive treatment with low-dose heparin, in 14% after treatment with rheopolyglucin, and in 16% after sequential external intermittent pneumatic compression of the lower extremities, versus 26% in the group of patients who had received no special preventive treatment. As shown by the clinical pattern, most cases of thrombosis were asymptomatic.

[Diagnosis and treatment of nonspecific spontaneous pneumothorax].

The authors analyze the treatment of 74 patients with non-specific spontaneous pneumothorax. Relapses were observed in 6.7% of cases.

[Changes in pressor and depressor reactions following partial pancreatectomy].

Experiments were conducted on 39 mongrel pubertal dogs. The course of pressor and depressor reactions under conditions of normal vital activity and after partial corporocaudal resection of the pancreas was studied. The principal indices characterizing the changes of pressor reaction to noradrenaline, and of the depressor one -- to bradykinin and kallikrein before and 10 to 12 days after the corporocaudal resection of the pancreas were determined.

[Procedural problems in the surgical treatment of gastroduodenal ulcers].

Data concerning 175 cases operated upon for gastroduodenal ulcer are set forth in the article. Much importance is attached to a thorough mobilization of the duodenum, treatment of its stump, gastroenterostomy on the shortest afferent loop and to a broad use of suturing apparatuses and of caprone as a suture material, as well. Mortality constituted 1.