[The surgical treatment of diseases of the patent urachus].

In the clinic, 23 patients were operated on the weeping umbilicus. A patent urachus was revealed in 10 patients: its complete patency--in 3, a stone-containing cyst--in 3, phlegmon of the abdominal wall--in 4. Total excision of the urinary duct was performed in all the patients.

[Acute intestinal obstruction caused by gallstones in aged patients].

The results of treatment of 6 patients operated on for acute ileus caused by a gallstone have been analysed. The authors consider the elderly and senile age not to be a contraindication for operation.