[Personal experience with surgical treatment of diffuse peritonitis after perforated appendicitis]

The authors investigated the incidence of postoperative complications in 94 patients with diffuse purulent peritonitis after perforated appendicitis in the material of the surgical department of the Regional Institute of National Health in Banská Bystrica in the course of seven years. Most frequently they observed infections of wounds, intraperitoneal abscesses, early adhesive ileus with a mortality of 1.0%. The authors draw attention to the importance of early and accurate diagnosis and the urgency of surgical treatment as the best prevention of the development of peritonitis and serious postoperative complications.