[The sphincter-related biliodigestive anastomoses in anomalies of bile ducts].

The authors made an analysis of anomalies of the bile ducts with special reference to anatomical peculiarities and iatrogenic lesions of the bile ducts. The anomalies of bile ducts were found in 2.07% of 676 patients operated on for complicated cholelithiasis.

[The antitoxic action of xenogeneic spleen in treating the suppurative-septic complications in surgery].

The article presents results of using hemoperfusion through the swine spleen and infusions of the xenosplenic perfusate in treatment of purulent peritonitis and various suppurative complications in 109 patients. A positive effect was noted (20% reduction of lethality, 1.5-3.