[Formation of automated surgery data bank]

Stages of formation of an automated operation data bank (AODB) in the All-Union Surgery Centre AMS USSR are described. General structural characteristics of the functional AODB are specified together with the modes of processing the data supplied from the preoperative documentation. The documentation is described in a special language and can be easily modified. Analysis of the obtained information makes it possible to maintain regular surveillance over the status of the patient's body systems and over the actions of the surgical team at the anesthesia and operation stages. The retrieval system consists of separate tasks and may be extended when the need for new mathematical methods introduction into medical studies arises.