[Diagnostic laparoscopy in abdominal injuries].

The results of the treatment of 316 patients with various injuries of abdomen are summarized. 144 (45.6%) of the patients were operated on vital indications (internal bleeding, peritonitis).

[Method of gunshot liver wound suturing].

A clinical case of using an original staple with the "shape memory" for hemostasis of a hepatic gunshot injury is described. This method gives possibility to remove the syaple out in the postoperative period.

[Hemostasis in deep injuries of the liver].

Experimental and clinical substantiation of the use of an original alloyed staple with shape memory allowed it to be recommended for closure of deep wounds of the liver when all other known methods and constructions are ineffective. The staple causes a lesser zone of necrosis than that produced by catgut in closure of a similar wound, and it can be removed with no loss of blood. Consequently, its application is a method of today, causes little injury, and is promising.

[The pathogenesis of pulmonary complications in severe craniocerebral trauma].

The paper summaries authors' experience with lifetime and postmortem pulmonary changes in 223 victims with severe craniocerebral injury, as well as the data available in literature on this point. The investigations have shown that microcirculatory disorders make a great contribution to the development of pulmonary complications and revealed specific feature of the natural history of the shock lung in patients with severe craniocerebral injury. The paper provides strong evidence for the neurotrophic pattern of pulmonary complications and proposes a scheme of their development in this injury.