[Diagnosis and treatment of digestive tract obstruction using fiberscopes].

The authors propose indications and contraindications for endoscopy performed in 216 patients. The endoscopic picture of the most frequent causes of obstruction is given. In 113 patients endoscopy of the digestive tract was fulfilled also with curative aims, in 48 patients the phenomena of acute obstruction were resolved or considerably abated. This permitted performing the necessary operations in the planned order.