[Value of reinfusion of UV-irradiated autologous blood for reducing postoperative complications in peptic ulcer surgery]. / Znachenie reinfuzii obluchennoi ul'trafioletovymi luchami sobstvennoi krovi dlia snizheniia posleoperatsionnykh oslozhnenii v khirurgii iazvennoi bolezni.

The authors have studied results of 228 reinfusions of UV irradiated blood in 75 patients with ulcer disease. It was found that the procedure had a favourable effect on the patient's state, immunostimulating action resulted in a smooth postoperative period and a real reduction of the amount of postoperative complications.

[State of the valvular function of the cardia in patients with duodenal ulcer before and after vagotomy and methods of its correction]. / Sostoianie klapannoi funktsii kardii u bol'nykh iazvennoi bolezn'iu dvenadtsatiperstnoi kishki do i posle vagotomii i sposoby ee korrektsii.

The authors studied the valvular function of the cardia in 714 patients who were kept under regular medical observation and in 138 patients who had been operated on for duodenal ulcer. Changes were found in the cardia of 9.4% of patients who underwent regular medical examination and in 17% of these subjected to operation. The valvular function of the cardia was impaired after vagotomy in all cases. Fundoesophagocrurorhaphy is the best method for correction of cardiac dysfunction.

[Value of the analysis of sialic acids in patients with peptic ulcer in determining the time of preoperative management and prognosis of the course of the postoperative period]. / Znachenie sialovykh kislot u bol'nykh iazvennoi bolezn'iu v opredelenii srokov predoperatsionnoi podgotovki i prognozirovaniia techeniia posleoperatsionnogo perioda.

Results of investigations of sialic acids in blood serum of 115 patients and in gastric mucosa of 85 patients have been analyzed. It was established that sialic acids reflect the activity of the inflammatory process. Examination of the sialic acid level in the process of preoperative management and postoperative treatment allows to make timely prognosis of the risk of inflammatory complications, anastomositis in particular, and begin preventive measures and therapy of the inflammatory focus.

[Use of lasers in gastroenterology]. / Primenenie lazerov v gastroenterologii.

Under analysis were results of the surgical treatment of 120 patients with different gastroenterological diseases. It was shown that laser scalpel can be successfully used not only at key steps of the operation, but also for the dissection of other tissues but the skin and fatty tissue. Using laser scalpels gives better functional results of the abdominal surgery.

[Possibilities of emergency endoscopy in the diagnosis and treatment of acute gastrointestinal hemorrhages]. / Vozmozhnosti neotlozhnoi éndoskopii v diagnostike i lechenii ostrykh zheludochno-kishechnykh krovotechenii.

The diagnostic and curative potentialities of the urgent endoscopy in acute gastrointestinal hemorrhages was assessed in 150 patients who were subjected to 208 examinations. The cause of hemorrhage was found out in 94,6%. An original method of sclerosing injections into hemorrhagic veins was used in patients with portal hypertension in order to stop the hemorrhage from varicose formations of the esophagus.