[The importance of electrogastrography in clinical practice].

Changes were analyzed in electrogastrogrammes (EGG) of 135 patients who had underwent a surgical treatment for gastric and duodenal ulcer. Time of restoration of bioelectrical activity of the stomach was determined, with diagnostic and prognostic value of EGG during the process of rehabilitation being shown. Changes in EGG were studied in 92 patients with acute appendicitis. Efficiency of the above procedure was established with respect to obtaining supplementary objective data of informative value on the course of the pathological process in the abdominal cavity, which fact permits the prognostication of the different complications development. Transcutaneous electrostimulation of the stomach was shown to be helpful in gastroenterological patients as was intracavitary pneumomassage.