[Changes in the autonomic ganglia after a laparotomy and in diffuse peritonitis]

The pathomorphological alterations of the vegetative ganglia of the stomach, intestine and celiac plexus were found by the authors to be identical in the dogs subjected to laparotomy and in those dead of diffuse peritonitis within the first 3 days. The severity of the injury is dependent on the degree of the functional stress due to traumatic injury and the development of intoxication--on the inflammation. In peritonitis these alterations are observed against the background of the disturbed regional blood circulation.