[Correction of fatty acid metabolism in stomach surgery patients by the infusion of a fatty emulsion].

The method of gas-liquid chromatography was used for studying the content of high molecular weight fatty acids in blood serum of 48 patients after operations on the stomach. It was established that in the early postoperative period the level of high molecular weight fatty acids including essential ones was considerably lower which deteriorated the course of the postoperative period and caused complications. The inclusion of fat emulsions in the programme of parenteral feeding in the early postoperative period is an effective measure of correction of the disturbed fatty acid metabolism resulting in the improvement of immediate results of the operation and less amount of postoperative complications.