Surgical Scales: Primary Closure versus Gastric Resection for Perforated Gastric Ulcer - A Surgical Debate.

Perforated gastric ulcer is one of the most life-threatening complications of peptic ulcer disease with high morbidity and mortality rates. The surgical strategy for gastric perforation in contrast with duodenal perforations often requires consilium and intraoperative debates. The subject of the debate is a 59-year-old male patient who presented with perforated giant gastric ulcer complicated by generalized peritonitis and severe sepsis.

A Huge Cystic Retroperitoneal Lymphangioma Presenting with Back Pain.

Retroperitoneal lymphangioma is a rare location and type of benign abdominal tumors. The clinical presentation of this rare disease is nonspecific, ranging from abdominal distention to sepsis. Here we present a 73-year-old female patient with 3-month history of back pain.

[Plasmapheresis in combined treatment of patients with acute intestinal obstruction].

Comparative analysis of the results of treatment of patients with acute intestinal obstruction was carried out. Plasmapheresis was used in postoperative period in 38 patients. 32 operated patients were treated with conventional methods of detoxication.