[Experimental automated system for studying spectral characteristics of tissues in reflected light]. / Eksperimental'nyi avtomatizirovannyi kompleks dlia izucheniia spektral'nykh kharakteristik tkanei v otrazhennom svete.

The authors describe a computer-equipped system for spectral examination of tissues during endoscopy. The system is used for evaluation of hemoglobin- and hydroxyhemoglobin tissue saturation and detection of pathological tissues.

[Mallory-Weiss syndrome]. / Sindrom Mallori-Veissa.

The Mallory-Weiss syndrome is thought to occur more frequently than it is diagnosed. For its diagnosis fibrogastroscopy should be used widely. The surgical tactics for the disease is to be changed--to be more conservative, since arrest of the bleeding is possible by non-operative methods in a considerable number of patients (31,5%).