[Surgical problems. (Apropos of reoperations in abdominal surgery)]

Out of 1,500 laparotomies carried out between january 1970 and december 1973, 49 patients, i.e. 3.2 p. 100 underwent 61 reinterventions: one out of three patients died. Almost 60 p. 100 of these patients who had undergone operations had essentially parietal complications. The authors analyze the different syndromes which had led to the reintervention while making a special place for parietal problems.