[Method of determination and classification of surgical risk]

The authors have elaborated their own five-grade classification of a surgical risk, based on evaluation of 2000 case reports. All patients and surgical interventions are subdivided into 5 typical groups in terms of increasing hazards inherent in a surgical intervention. The authors differentiated minimum (I), moderate (II), marked (III), considerable (IV) and maximum (V) indices of surgical risk. The suggested classification is simple and objection enough. By means of the latter it is possible to choose beforehand the extent and character of the intervention, to delineate its provision, to obtain some comparative data on the advantages and shortcomings of different methods of anesthesia, reanimation, rehabilitation of patients and final results of treatment in surgical patients.