[Ultrasound transabdominal study of the gastrointestinal tract]

It has been conventionally believed for a long time that echography of the intestines and other hollow organs containing gas could give very little information and would be even impossible at times due to the acoustic noise created by the gas medium in their lumen. Nevertheless, it is high time to elaborate new methodological approaches to diagnostics of these diseases and assessment of efficiency of the conducted therapy due to the wide spread of gastrointestinal tract diseases, complexity of their pathogenesis, insufficient effectiveness of the current methods of treatment, and the inclination to the prolonged recurrent course.