[Effects of selective proximal vagotomy on gastrin, glucagon and insulin contents in blood of patients with duodenal ulcer]. / Vliianie selektivnoi proksimal'noi vagotomii na soderzhanie gastrina, gliukagona i insulina v krovi bol'nykh s iazvoi dvenadtsatisperstnoi kishki.

Content of gastrin, glucagon and insulin in the blood of 49 patients with a duodenal ulcer was similar to that in control group patients. Significant increase in gastrin and glucagon levels, decrease in insulin content was noted 14-15 days after the performance of selective proximal vagotomy. At the late period, concentration of the hormones studied was within the limits of physiologic levels. The data obtained permit to assess the completeness of vagotomy and to predict the long-term result of the operation.

[Tactics of the treatment of acute pancreatitis]. / Taktika lecheniia ostrogo pankreatita.

During the period of 6 years 176 patients with an acute pancreatitis were treated in the clinic, 17 (9,1%) of whom with destructive forms of disease. Tactics of treatment was developed on the grounds of ultrasonographic scanning of pancreas data, laparoscopy and enzymologic investigation results. Twenty two (12,5%) of patients were operated on. Postoperative lethality was 22,7%. Erosive hemorrhage was the cause of death in 2 patients and septic-purulent complications--in 3.