[Atraumatic procedures in common abdominal operations]

The surgical tactics and technical improvements are discussed against the background of personal experience with some common abdominal operations, among which the appendectomy variant leaving the cecum intra-abdominally and using chain retrograde ligature in some cases, with choice of access according to the requirements of the individual case. Special attention is called to retrocecal extraperitoneal complications and Meckel's diverticulum--clinical picture and operative tactics. Emphasis is laid on the advantages of intestinal anastomoses--latero-lateral variant, termino-terminal technique in colo-colostomy and possibilities of latero-terminal sigmoidorectoanastomosis.