[Laparostomy and planned reoperations in the complex treatment of suppurative pancreatitis]

An experience with using laparostomy and planned reoperations in 22 patients with purulent pancreatitis is presented. A method of creation of open controlled drainage cavity is described which allows to make the timely and adequate revision of the pancreato-duodenal zone and other organs of the abdominal cavity in planned relaparotomies. Criteria of choice of the optimal terms of reoperations are proposed.