[Use of fluorouracil combined with laser irradiation of the pancreas in the treatment of acute pancreatitis]. / Primenenie ftoruratsila v sochetanii s lazernym oblucheniem podzheludochnoi zhelezy v lechenii ostrogo pankreatita.

Direct irradiation by a helium-neon laser of the pancreas in acute pancreatitis potentiates the action of fluorouracil, permits to reduce its dosage, improve the results of treatment.

[Diagnosis and treatment of acute pancreatitis]. / Diagnostika i lechenie ostrogo pankreatita.

In diagnosis of acute pancreatitis of special importance is determination of the activity of transamidinase, phospholipase A, lipase, concentration of copper, calcium and triglycerides in blood serum as well as laparoscopy with biopsy and local thermometry of the pancreas. The dosage of 5-fluoruracil in the complex treatment of patients should be differentiated corresponding to the form of the disease: 3 mg/kg in the endomatous form, 5 mg/kg in the destructive form. The general lethality was 1.4%. In conservative treatment there were no lethal outcomes.