[Emergency laparoscopy in the diagnosis and treatment of acute cholecystitis in the middle-aged and elderly]. / Srochnaia laparoskopiia v diagnostike i lechenii ostrogo kholetsistita u liudei pozhilogo i starcheskogo vozrasta.

The article describes the results of a laparoscopic transparietal puncture of the gall-bladder used for diagnosis and treatment of acute cholecystitis in 31 patients older than 60. The acute inflammatory process was found to subside due to the procedure in 30 patients, 26 of them were operated upon in the cold stage of the disease. The authors recommend a wider use of the method of urgent laparoscopy for diagnosis and treatment of acute cholecystitis in elderly and senile patients.

[State of homeostasis in prolonged decompression of the gastrointestinal tract in peritonitis patients]. / Sostoianie gomeostaza pri dlitel'noi dekompressii zheludochno-kishechnogo trakta u bol'nykh peritonitom.

The state of homeostasis was investigated in 31 patients having peritonitis with decompression of the gastrointestinal tract and 35 patients with peritonitis who were not subjected to intubation. The authors believe that continuous intubation of the gastro-intestinal tract contributes to normalization of homeostasis in patients with peritonitis.