[Ozone therapy of diffuse peritonitis in the early postoperative period]

The study of the use of ozone-containing solutions in 40 experimental animals and in 58 patients with diffuse purulent peritonitis revealed their marked detoxicant effect that manifested with early decrease of ESR, leucocytosis, plasma concentration of bilirubin and medium-size molecules, and microbes. Lethality in the experimental and control group were 5.2 and 16.6% respectively.