[Re-laparotomy and damage control during surgical treatment of postoperative intra-abdominal purulent-septic...

The issues of pathophysiology, diagnosis and surgical treatment of postoperative intraabdominal purulent-septic complications were suggested. Noncontrolled abortion of mediators with subsequent development of inflammation and damage in the organs, localized far from primary focus, constitutes the main factor of the postoperative intraabdominal purulent-septic complications occurrence. In such a situation the intraabdominal hypertension and abdominal compartment syndrome also promote the deepening of multiple dysfunctions of organs due to mechanical failure of functions in respiratory, hemodynamical, excretional systems of the organism, what promotes the development of vicious circles and the cascade reactions, leading to exitus lethalis. The modern strategy and tactics of complex treatment of such patients is enlighted.