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[Emergency relaparotomies]. 1979

G L Aleksandrovich, and N I Boiarintsev

The authors generalize the experience with 172 repeated operations carried out for severe, dangerous to life complications. Among the latters the most common were peritonitis, bleeding, early adhesive intestinal ileus, eventration etc. The authors believe that a timely diagnosis is possible, almost without exception, in case of a dynamic observation over patients after the first operation.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007415	Intestinal Obstruction	Any impairment, arrest, or reversal of the normal flow of INTESTINAL CONTENTS toward the ANAL CANAL.	Intestinal Obstructions,Obstruction, Intestinal
D007813	Laparotomy	Incision into the side of the abdomen between the ribs and pelvis.	Minilaparotomy,Laparotomies,Minilaparotomies
D010538	Peritonitis	INFLAMMATION of the PERITONEUM lining the ABDOMINAL CAVITY as the result of infectious, autoimmune, or chemical processes. Primary peritonitis is due to infection of the PERITONEAL CAVITY via hematogenous or lymphatic spread and without intra-abdominal source. Secondary peritonitis arises from the ABDOMINAL CAVITY itself through RUPTURE or ABSCESS of intra-abdominal organs.	Primary Peritonitis,Secondary Peritonitis,Peritonitis, Primary,Peritonitis, Secondary
D011183	Postoperative Complications	Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery.	Complication, Postoperative,Complications, Postoperative,Postoperative Complication
D004630	Emergencies	Situations or conditions requiring immediate intervention to avoid serious adverse results.	Emergency
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D059685	Herniorrhaphy	Surgical procedures undertaken to repair abnormal openings through which tissue or parts of organs can protrude or are already protruding.	Hernia Repair,Hernioplasty,Hernia Repairs,Hernioplasties,Herniorrhaphies,Repair, Hernia,Repairs, Hernia