[The value of ultrasonic and x-ray endoscopic methods in the diagnosis of acute surgical diseases of the abdominal organs].

The authors discuss experience in the complex use of ultrasonic and radio-endoscopic methods of examination in 820 patients who were admitted to the hospital with acute surgical diseases of the abdominal organs. Instrumental methods of diagnosis were used, which began with ultrasonic examination. The correct diagnosis of the disease was often established by this method, further examination of the patient was planned, and more concrete indications for invasive radio-endoscopic studies were determined by means of which precise data on the identified pathological process were revealed and, sometimes, adequate therapeutic measures were also ensured. Reduction of the duration of the diagnostic period to 2-3 days was the most important result of the use of these methods in the examination of patients with acute diseases of the abdominal organs.