[Plasmapheresis and immunocorrective therapy in the combined treatment of patients with pancreatic necrosis]. / Plazmaferez i immunokorrigiruiushchaia terapiia v komplekse lecheniia bol'nykh s pankreonekrozom.

The results of the use of plasmapheresis and immunocorrective therapy in the complex of treatment of 46 patients with pancreonecrosis have been analysed. It is shown that a degree of endogenous intoxication correlates with severity of the state of a patient, suppression of the factors of cellular immunity which normalize under the influence of plasmapheresis and immunocorrective therapy. Stable and progressive suppression of the factors of cellular immunity and sharp increase in the level of alpha-fetoprotein are the prognostically unfavourable signs which are indicative of suppression of the immune response.