[Electrostimulation therapy--a new method of preventing postoperative wound complications in abdominal surgery]

Experimental investigations have shown that chemotaxic activity of microorganisms in the parietal peritoneum and abdominal organ tissues is inhibited when they are treated with impulse electric discharges preventing the process of infecting the tissues. Results of the experiments underlay the development of a new method of prophylactics of postoperative complications in abdominal surgery based on the electroimpulsive treatment of the operation wound. Clinical approbation of the method showed its effectiveness, simplicity and safety.