[Surgical treatment of acute cholecystitis complicated by peritonitis]

The analysis of operative interventions performed for acute cholecystitis in 3324 patients was carried out. Local peritonitis was revealed in 149 (52.3%) patients, the diffuse one--in 136 (47.7%). Depending on the character of contents of the abdominal cavity, the authors distinguish purulent, biliary and mixed peritonitis. The general principles of tactics for surgical treatment and its different variants depending on a type of peritonitis are substantiated.