[Laparoscopic preperitoneal and Lichtenstein inguinal hernia repair. What method is preferable?].

This review is devoted to laparoscopic preperitoneal and open Lichtenstein unguinal hernia repair. Considering the PubMed, Google, the Springer Link online library and the Cochrane Systematic Review databases, we analyzed the reviews, prospective and retrospective studies devoted to comparison of these most common methods of treating inguinal hernias. Indications and contraindications for endoscopic hernia repair, features of laparoscopic surgeries, causes of conversion to open interventions, early and long-term results of laparoscopic and open operations were estimated.

[Laparoscopic appendectomy for acute appendicitis in pregnancy].

The review is devoted to the role of laparoscopic appendectomy in surgical management of acute appendicitis in pregnancy. We analyzed reviews, prospective and retrospective studies in the PubMed, Google, the Springer Link online library, the Cochrane Systematic Review databases. The results of laparoscopic and traditional treatment of acute appendicitis in pregnant women were assessed.

[Laparoscopic treatment of perforated gastroduodenal ulcers].

The review is devoted to laparoscopic technology in the treatment of perforated gastroduodenal ulcers. Searching for literature data was performed in the PubMed, Google, Springer Link online library, Cochrane Systematic Review databases. We analyzed reviews, prospective and retrospective studies devoted to various strategies in the treatment of perforated peptic ulcers.

[Modern minimally invasive technologies for the treatment of cholelithiasis].

Surgical community has not yet reached any consensus on the adequate treatment of gallstone disease with combined stones of the gallbladder and bile ducts. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) and endoscopic papillosphincterotomy (EPST) followed by laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LCE) have been considered the optimal treatment method for the past thirty years. Thanks to improvement of technologies and experience in laparoscopic surgery, many centers in the world offer simultaneous treatment of cholecystocholedocholithiasis, i.

[Potential endovascular prophylaxis for pulmonary thromboembolism in the combined treatment of cancer patients].

Our study was concerned with the role of ultrasound examination of the lower extremity veins to detect deep venous thrombosis and to evaluate complex prophylaxis of thromboembolism of pulmonary arteries (TEPA). The procedure involved vena cava filter placement in patients with neoplasia and high risk of TEPA as compared with controls receiving conservative therapy alone. A positive correlation was established between surgery and/or polychemotherapy, on the one hand, and higher stage and high risk of TEPA, on the other.

[Use of videolaparoscopy in treatment of peritonitis of appendicular origin].

Videolaparoscopic appendectomy was carried out in 108 patients with acute destructive appendicitis complicated by peritonitis. Local peritonitis was noted in 65 patients, diffuse peritonitis in 33 patients, periappendicular abscess in 10 patients. Postoperative complications were observed in 6 (5.

[Using laparoscopic cholecystectomy in treatment of destructive forms of acute cholecystitis].

Videolaparoscopic cholecystectomy was performed in 352 patients with acute destructive cholecystitis, 236 (67%) of patients having phlegmonous cholecystitis or empyema of the gallbladder, 116 patients (33%) gangrenous cholecystitis. In 74 patients (21%) the course of acute cholecystitis was complicated by the formation of paravesical infiltration or abscess. Standard laparoscopic cholecystectomy was fulfilled in 250 patients (71%), in 102 patients not traditional methods of endovideosurgical dissection of the gallbladder were used, in particular laparoscopic cholecystectomy from the bottom in 18 patients (5.

[Causes of postoperative lethality in acute cholecystitis and measures to decrease it].

The authors have made a comparative analysis of postoperative lethality in acute cholecystitis for the period of 25 years. The clinical material included 1383 operated patients, of them 87 (6.3%) patients died.

[Primary multiple colorectal cancer in elderly patients].

Primary multiple malignancy or polyneoplasia, which is regarded as an one-time or a sequence of malignant focal formation, is by no means a rarity nowadays. However, its treatment involves quite an array of complex problems. Primary multiple malignancy frequency ranged 0.

[Quantitative characteristics of polarization images].

Paper shows that quantitative data on the anisotropic structures in the form of three-dimensional images having a high spatial resolution could be practically obtained and presents the results of examining a number of anisotropic objects using the experimental model of a computerized polarizing microscope.

[Experience in surgical treatment of injuries of the major vessels].

Eighty-one patients were treated for injuries to the main vessels. They underwent operations at the Novgorod Regional Hospital and in surgical departments of the Novgorod Region. The injuries of the vessels were open in 90.

[Surgical treatment of recurrent aortic-iliac-femoral occlusions].

At the department of vascular surgery of the Novgorod Regional Hospital 455 reconstructive operations for atherosclerotic occlusions in the aorto-ileo-femoral segment were performed in 1984-1991. Thrombotic reocclusion occurred in 58 patients (12.7%) for which a second operation had to be conducted, early thromboses of the reconstructed segment were encountered in 16 patients (3.

[The surgical treatment of superficial thrombophlebitis of the lower extremities].

The work gives an analysis of results of the surgical treatment of superficial thrombophlebitis of lower extremities. Operations were performed on 70 patients. Subcutaneous thrombophlebitis was considered as acute surgical disease.

[Repeated operations after reconstructive interventions on the aortofemoral segment].

At the department of vascular surgery of the Novgorod regional hospital 455 reconstructive operations for atherosclerotic occlusions in the aorto-femoral segment were performed at the period from 1984 to 1991. Specific complications requiring reconstructive reoperations took place in 92 patients (20.2%), 21 patients (4.