[Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography, cholangiostomy and endoprosthesis of bile ducts in mechanical jaundice].

The following interventions were carried out in obstructive jaundice of various etiology: percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography in 186 cases (3.3% complications), temporary external drainage in 20, external-internal drainage in 8, and endoprosthesis of the bile ducts in 6 cases (17.6% of complications in endobiliary interventions).

[The use of transvenous destruction of the atrioventricular junction for correcting hemodynamic disorders caused by ventricular-atrial conduction].

The authors studied disorders of central and intracardiac hemodynamics occurring in electrostimulation of the ventricles attended by retrograde stimulation of the cardia. The experiments were conducted on 8 anesthetized dogs in whom, after disclosure of intact ventriculoatrial conduction, transvenous destruction of the atrioventricular junction was performed. Clinical study was carried out in 12 patients with continuous electrostimulation of the ventricles which caused retrograde stimulation of the atria, and in 19 patients with supraventricular tachyarrhythmia who were subjected to transvenous endocardial destruction of the atrioventricular junction.

[Echography and direct anterograde cholangiography in the diagnosis of mechanical jaundice].

A comparison of the data of echography, percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography and operative findings in 35 patients with obstructive jaundice was made. The complex use of the ultrasonic and radiopaque examination gave more exact information of the place and character of obstructive bile ducts and allowed to choose a rational method of treatment.