[Application of sorbilact for treatment of postoperative paralytic ileus in cancer of the esophagus and stomach].

For prophylaxis and treatment of ileus in 12 patients after performance of radical operation for esophageal and gastroesophageal carcinoma, since the end of the first day during subsequent 4 days postoperatively sorbilact was infused intravenously twice a day. Terms of the intestinal peristalsis restoration, passage of flatus, spontaneous defecation restoration were shorter, than after application of generally accreted treatment.