English Despite significant progress the therapy of peritonitis remains challenging. With a
mortality of up to 20% peritonitis is a predominant cause of death due to surgical infections …

Introduction: Today the management of the different forms of peritonitis is generally
standardised. The classification of primary and secondary peritonitis is well accepted. From …

307 Patients with intraabdominal infections were operated between 8/1988 to 8/1991.
Simple clinical parameters (according to the Mannheimer Peritonitis-Index) were evaluated …

85-90% aller Peritonitiden konnen mit einem einmaligen operativen Eingriff erfolgreich
behandelt werden. Fur die verbleibende kleine Gruppe von Patienten mit einer schweren …

Principles of management of peritonitis include the use of early empiric antibiotic therapy
and surgical intervention geared toward source control, peritoneal toilet, and prevention of …

Reports on surgical treatment of peritonitis were available at the beginning of the century
(Mikulicz 1889; Krönlein 1885; Körte 1892). Kirschner was among the first who …

Objective To assess the results of open management of the abdomen and planned re-
operations in severe bacterial peritonitis after perforation or anastomotic disruption of the …

In spite of the availability of new powerful antibiotics, intraabdominal sepsis still has a high
mortality rate (20-50%). With regards to postoperative peritonitis, the referred high mortality …

Despite all the efforts made in the areas of intensive care and surgery, severe peritonitis
remains a feared condition that is associated with a high mortality rate. Severe abdominal …

Scheduled relaparotomy is attracting interest as a means of treating intra-abdominal sepsis.
It is the subject of several studies to evaluate its role in the management of peritoneal …