[Diagnosis and treatment of liver abscesses].

The results of the diagnosis, the clinical picture, and the treatment of hepatic abscesses in 68 patients are analysed. Ultrasonic examination plays an essential role in the diagnosis of the disease. Percutaneous transhepatic puncture with aspiration of the contents of the hepatic abscess was conducted in 17 patients under control of ultrasonic study.

[Diagnosis and treatment of postoperative bile peritonitis].

Over 7 years the authors had 37 cases of biliary peritonitis, in 19 of which the complication occurred after operation on the liver and biliary tract. The clinical picture was determined by the amount and rate of escape of bile into the abdominal cavity. The course of biliary peritonitis is often masked because the disease has no specific signs.