[The indications and methods for decompression of the gastrointestinal tract in injuries to the abdominal cavity organs].

The article analyses the treatment of 122 patients with injuries of organs in abdominal cavity. One of the most important elements in intra- and postoperative treatment for paresis or paralysis of intestines was an abdominal decompression. Its basic methods were the following: nasoenteral drainage, gastroenterostomy by Iu. M. Dederer's method (31), enterostomy by I. D. Zhitniuk (25), and cecostomy (2). The application of decompression made it possible to treat the patients with severe peritonitis caused by gunshot injuries.