[Functional and morphological state of the liver in secondary cholangitis]. / Funktsional'no-morfologicheskoe sostoianie pecheni pri vtorichnykh kholangitakh

Studies on the liver state from the functional-morphological point of view in patients with acute and chronic secondary cholangitis have revealed in all cases the involvement of hepatic parenchyma with the development of cholangiohepatitis. In its acute course and timely performed operative interventions the process in the liver tends to subside. The authors consider that due to the absence of pure forms of cholangitis this term seems to be questionable, and they recommend to substitute it in all cases by the term cholangiohepatitis.

[Clinical characteristics, selection of the method and results of treatment of nonspecific spontaneous pneumothorax]. / Klinicheskie osobennosti, vybor metoda i rezul'taty lecheniia nespetsificheskogo spontannogo pnevmotoraksa

Under observation were 144 patients, aged from 16 to 74 years, examined and treated for nonspecific spontaneous pneumothorax observed in 161 cases. Most patients (96) were under 40. The development of pneumothorax in most of them might be related with previously suffered diseases of the respiratory tract and lung. The clinical picture of spontaneous pneumothorax and its therapy are described.