[The sphincter-related biliodigestive anastomoses in anomalies of bile ducts]. / Zhomnye bilidigestivnye anastomozy pri anomaliiakh zhelchevyvodiashchikh putei.

The authors made an analysis of anomalies of the bile ducts with special reference to anatomical peculiarities and iatrogenic lesions of the bile ducts. The anomalies of bile ducts were found in 2.07% of 676 patients operated on for complicated cholelithiasis. Primary operative interventions and reoperations in the patients were completed with the formation of the constriction-biliodigestive anastomoses of different levels having antireflux functions. The authors describe the operation technique and results of the treatment of bile duct obstruction.

[The antitoxic action of xenogeneic spleen in treating the suppurative-septic complications in surgery]. / Antitoksicheskoe deistvie ksenoselezenki pri lechenii gnoino-septicheskikh oslozhenii v khirurgii.

The article presents results of using hemoperfusion through the swine spleen and infusions of the xenosplenic perfusate in treatment of purulent peritonitis and various suppurative complications in 109 patients. A positive effect was noted (20% reduction of lethality, 1.5-3.5 times shorter period of treatment).