[The diagnosis and treatment of acute pancreatitis].

From 1986 to 1990 1,577 patients were treated for acute pancreatitis. Destructive forms were found in 585 (37.1%) patients.

[Results of the surgical treatment of direct and recurrent inguinal hernias using an autodermal implant].

The authors have developed the own method of inguinal herniotomy using an autodermal graft for the plasty of the posterior wall of the inguinal canal in direct and recurrent inguinal hernias. The technic of operation is described. The results of this modified method of herniotomy are analyzed.