[An improvement in the combined treatment of acute peritonitis]

The object of the research was to study regional lymph circulation in abdominal organs in experimental acute peritonitis and determination of the possibility of including lymphotropic therapy in the complex of measures for the management of patients with acute peritonitis. Regional lymph circulation in the abdominal organs was studied in 45 unbred rats, the effect of various lymphostimulators of regional lymph circulation was studied in 35 rats. Lymphotropic therapy was applied in the complex treatment of 106 patients with acute peritonitis in the clinic. The results of the study showed that lymph circulation in the abdominal organs is markedly disturbed in acute generalized peritonitis, in view of which application of lymph therapy in the complex treatment of patients in the postoperative period is pathogenetically substantiated. Lymph therapy improves microcirculation, promotes early restoration of gastrointestinal activity, reduces the expenditure of antibiotics to one half and one fourth, and shortens the term of inpatient treatment.