[Duodenitis in surgical diseases of the organs of the hepatopancreaticoduodenal region].

In examination of 74 patients with surgical diseases of the hepatopancreatoduodenal organs, the authors have established the deepest morphological changes in the duodenal mucosa in patients with complicated form of cholelithiasis and chronic impairment of duodenal patency. Impaired motility of the duodenum contributed to reproduction of microflora in its contents, and led to the development of duodenitis in these patients.