[Celioclysis in the treatment of purulent peritonitis]

The advantages and contraindications associated with peritoneal drainage are discussed. Reference is made to the advantages of drainage combined with continuous coelioclysis in accordance with a personal method, using doxicycline diluted in saline passed into the peritoneal cavity via a small catheter. A personal series of 79 cases treated in this way to back up surgical management is presented. There was only one death due to septic shock.