[Treatment of disorders of the homeostatic system in patients with colonic obstruction of tumor etiology].

Data obtained in examination of 195 patients are analysed. The most marked changes in the homeostasis system in patients with intestinal obstruction due to cancer of the colon are related to hydro-ion and protein metabolism, acid-base equilibrium, and blood toxic properties. This requires purposeful preoperative management which allows the results of operative treatment to be improved. Characteristic changes of the absorptive property of the small intestine are of principal importance in the genesis of intoxication in these patients. The authors emphasize the important role of decompression of the intestine and intestinal lavage in the complex of therapeutic measures.