[Early relaparotomy in the surgical treatment of abdominal viscera]

Analysis of 88 repeated surgical interventions after 4,017 operations on the abdominal organs showed the obvious advantages of early relaparotomy with the performance of laparostomy, according to indications, in patients with postoperative pyoinflammatory complications in the abdominal cavity. The mortality rate was 19.3% in early and 80.7% in delayed relaparotomy. A complex of symptoms was determined providing evidence of the development of postoperative pyoinlammatory complications and allowing substantiated indications for a repeated operation to be set.