[Hernioplasty in direct inguinal hernia without opening and dissecting the hernial sac]. / Gernioplastika pri priamoi pakhovoi gryzhe bez vskrytiia i issecheniia gryzhevogo meshka.

The many-layers hernioplasty by N. N. Kanshin's method was performed in 533 patients for direct inguinal hernia. In 240 patients no opening and dissection of the hernial sac was performed. These patients had 1.9% of recurrences of hernias. The authors note the absence of negative consequences resulting from this peculiar intervention.

[Complications of wound healing after appendectomy. Medical and economic aspects]. / Oslozhneniia zazhivleniia rany posle appendéktomii. Meditsinskie i ékonomicheskie aspekty.

The incidence of hospital and posthospital wound complications was studied in 236 patients, residents of Zelonograd, who underwent operation for acute appendicitis. The material was collected at City Hospital No. 3 and four out-patient clinics of Zelenograd. The incidence of suppuration of the surgical wound in the hospital period was 13.1%, that of nonpurulent complications was 9.3%, and the total incidence of the wound complications was 22.4%. In the posthospital period additional suppuration of wounds was encountered in 23.3% of patients, nonsuppurative wound complications in 17.1%, and the total incidence of posthospital wound complications was 40.3%. The frequency of rehospitalization was 5.5%, the incidence of postoperative hernias was 0.9%. The economical loss due to the development of wound complications in 236 patients operated on for acute appendicitis came up to 56,120 roubles.