[Purulent pancreatitis]

For last 12 years 455 patients with an acute pancreatitis were treated in the clinic. In 29 (6.3%) of them purulent pancreatitis, originating from pancreonecrosis, was diagnosed. Operative intervention consisted of laparotomy conduction, bursa omentalis draining through lig, gastrocolicum, excision of purulent-necrotic foci in pancreas and retroperitoneal fat, draining purulent cavity using two silicon tubes, introduced via left and right epigastral regions, durable lavage of purulent cavity with antiseptic solutions. Five patients died.