[Infectious complications of combined injuries in large-scale catastrophes].

Main forms of infectious complications and their causes in large-scale catastrophes and baseline conditions were studied based on examination of 1463 casualties with combined injuries. The following parameters were analysed: mean injury severity (ISS and APACHE-II systems), shock severity, and blood volume deficit. The frequency of infectious complication of combined injuries was estimated with reference to severity of the major trauma and the number of affected body regions.

[Surgical treatment of perforated gastroduodenal ulcers in young persons].

The knowledge of surgical tactics in treatment of ulcerous disease and its complications in young persons is of great practical importance for military health service. The problem of choice of surgical method in perforated gastroduodenal ulcers remains contradictory. Many authors draw attention to merits and demerits of both palliative and radical interventions.

[The late results of surgical treatment in patients with perforated gastroduodenal ulcers].

It was shown that suturing perforative ulcers of the stomach and duodenum gives bad outcomes in more than 52% of the patients. More than half of such patients continue suffering from the ulcer and its complications, every fifth patient needs future radical reoperation. The most frequent indication for reoperation is a recurrent ulcer and stenosis of the pyloric area of the stomach.