[Bacteriological features of peritonitis in perforative gastroduodenal ulcer]. / Bakteriologicheskie osobennosti peritonita pri perforativnykh gastroduodenal'nykh iazvakh.

Bacteriological investigation of 137 probes of the exudate from the abdominal cavity has revealed positive results in 60.6%. The detection of microbial flora was the more frequent the greater was the spread and degree of peritonitis. The monoculture was revealed in 92.8%, the colibacillus being the most frequent. The isolated microbial flora was sensitive to antibiotics of the cephalosporin group.

[The surgical treatment of gastroduodenal ulcers complicated by perforation and hemorrhage]. / Khirurgicheskoe lechenie gastroduodenal'nykh iazv, oslozhnennykh perforatsiei i krovotecheniem.

Medical histories of 67 patients with perforation of gastroduodenal ulcers combined with gastroduodenal hemorrhage were analyzed. The frequency of this complication makes 7.5% of all patients with perforated peptic ulcers. High mortality rate is thought to result from wrong diagnosis and inadequate operation. Best results were obtained when truncal bilateral subdiaphragmatic vagotomy was used in combination with some pyloroplasty techniques. Resection of the stomach is known to be dangerous because of frequent complications often leading to death. Operations aimed at the arrest of hemorrhage and liquidation of peritonitis are indicated to patients in critical state. X-ray examination of the abdomen and fibrogastroduodenoscopy allowed the combination of perforation and hemorrhage to be diagnosed in due time in all the patients.