title: [Dynamics of emergency surgical pathology in the Kursk region over a 20 year period].
abstract: Main characteristics of urgent surgical diseases are analyzed for the Kursk region over the period of 1977-1996. Excepting acute appendicitis and incarcerated hernias, the incidence of 6 out of 8 acute surgical abdominal diseases, recorded by the state medical statistics, increased. Late hospitalization of patients has a stable tendency to increase. The authors' analysis demonstrates negative ecological, demographic, and socioeconomic tendencies in the region and an appreciable deterioration of the working conditions for surgeons, anesthesiologists, and reanimatologists.
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Bondarev
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012426:Russia; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative
vernacular_title: Dinamika urgentnoĭ khirurgicheskoĭ patologii v Kurskoĭ oblasti za 20 let.