[Problems of diagnosis and surgical treatment of early postoperative abdominal complications]

Results of treatment of 419 patients with early postoperative abdominal complications have been analyzed. Diagnosis of complication has been made at postmortem examination at 26 patients (1st group). The indications to relaparotomy at 165 patients (2nd group) were based on clinical and laboratory data. Lethality at this group was 35.8%. Complex method of diagnosis including special methods (laparoscopy, ultrasound) was used at 228 patients (3rd group). Mini-invasive surgical treatment technologies were used at 118 of them. Lethality at this group was 17.1%.