[Relaparotomy in abdominal gunshot wounds]

Clinical signs of postoperative complications were studied in 642 patients with abdominal wounds, including 102 (15.9%) cases with relaparotomy features. The article makes a comparison between the frequency of various complications on the one hand, and the character of internal lesions, size of the first surgical intervention and the time of the secondary surgical care on the other hand. The authors determine the basic trends of complex intensive therapy taking into account metabolic disorders in patients with gunshot abdominal injuries.