[Diffuse peritonitis and its late sequelae]

The author gives an account of the late complications in patients operated at the surgical department of the District Institute of National Health Michalovce on account of diffuse peritonitis in 1966-1975. A total of 258 patients were examined who attended from a total number of 505 invited, operated during the ten-year period under investigation. The high incidence of chronic sequelae and their serious character must be the reason for seeking steadily reserves in surgical treatment of diffuse peritonitis as well as during postoperative care.