[Prevention and therapy of postoperative paralytic ileus]

An analysis of the course of the postoperative period has shown that continuous mesenterial retroperitoneal novokain blockade is considerably more effective than medicamentous methods of prophylactics and treatment of postoperative paresis of the intestine, it has a good anesthetizing effect. When using the blockade the intestine function was completely reestablished in 111 (92.5%) patients operated upon.