THE VALUE AND POTENTIAL OF X-RAY TECHNIQUE POST-SURGERY FOR DESTRUCTIVE PANCREATITIS
The paper reviews the results of using the traditional X-ray technique in 114 patients with operated pancreatonecrosis in the postoperative period. The patients were allocated into two groups: 46 patients who underwent surgery for the purulent complications of destructive pancreatitis, and other 68 patients who were operated on for aseptic destructive processes in the pancreas. The paper demonstrates the value of the plain chest and abdomen X-ray examination, fistulography and the gastrointestinal tract X-ray examination using a contrast agent. The X-ray examination methodology and the indications to using various X-ray techniques have been presented. A complex X-ray examination method showed the efficacy of 92.8 %. Purulent complications were found to occur more often in the group of patients operated on in terms of no purulent process in the pancreas and/or parapancreatic fatty tissue.