[Analysis of mortality in benign diseases of the organs of the hepato-pancreato-biliary region and the ways of its reduction]. / Analiz letal'nosti pri dobrokachestvennykh zabolevaniiakh organov gepatopankreatobiliarnoi zony i puti ee znizheniia.

The case records and autopsy protocols of 34 patients, who died from benign diseases of the hepato-pancreato-biliary organs have been analysed. It is concluded that of main importance in the ++thanatogenesis are the following factors: shortcomings in the system of prophylactic medical examination, diagnostic and tactical errors made at prehospital stage of treatment and in a hospital, high incidence of concomitant diseases, late admission to a hospital, elderly and senile age of the majority of patients. A question about importance of the main and competitive causes of death is discussed.