[Relaparotomy: clinical, strategic and organizational aspects]

The results of relaparotomy (RL) performance in 118 patients were analyzed. Mortality was 16.1%. In 50.8% of patients RL was done with delay. There were proposed for timely diagnosis of postoperative complications to use the "alarm" symptoms group and during RL performance--to follow definite technical methods and rules. The RL performance necessity in 62.7% patients was caused by surgical technique failures and nonrational method of the first operation choice.