[Programmed laparotomy in the diagnosis and therapy of pathology of the abdominal cavity].

The authors analyse the performance of programmed laparotomy for dynamic visual observation over the condition of the abdominal organs in 3 patients when (as they claimed) laparoscopy would have produced no effect. The article reports on the efficacy of programmed laparotomy conducted by the method suggested by the authors in 15 patients with purulent peritonitis for repeated cleansing of the abdominal cavity.