[Comparative evaluation of proximal resections in rectal cancer].

The surgical treatment of rectum cancer in 165 patients with the apparatus AKA-2 for compressive anastomoses was analyzed. The oncological adequacy of proximal resections of the rectum at the distal level of the section not less than 3.5-5 cm from the visually seen margin of the tumor depending on its growth type was shown.

[Hartmann's operation in cancer of the rectum and sigmoid].

Data of 84 Hartmann operations have shown it to be the operation of choice not only in urgent but also in planned surgery. It is indicated to patients with severe intercurrent diseases and in cases with great local regional spread of the tumor process. To prevent the development of infection in the pelvic fat a careful suture of the rectum stump and wide drain of the presacral space is necessary.

[Indices of thyroid activity in patients with breast cancer].

An all-round study established thyroid dysfunction in 51 reproductive, climacteric and menopausal patients with primary T2-3 NO-1 MO cancer of the breast. Hypothyroidism is attributed to functional derangement of the thyroid and disorder development in peripheral metabolism.