[Choice of the mode of intubation and decompression of the small intestine in acute obstruction].

On the basis of case records analysis of 370 patients from 1107 with acute small bowel obstruction (ASBO) treated in hospital, the authors have classified methods of intubation and decompression of the small bowel and modes of the use of decompression probe. Classification of clinical course of ASBO is proposed for substantiation of application of various modes of intubation and decompression depending on the progression stage of ASBO and medical technology for treatment of such kind of patients.