[Treatment of appendiceal peritonitis].

The results of treatment of 223 patients with acute appendicitis, complicated with advanced (51) and local (172) peritonitis have been analysed. Antibacterial treatment was conducted with account to the results of bacteriological analysis of the peritoneal exudate. Enterobacteria and non-spore anaerobic microorganisms, sensitive to the 2d and 3d generation cephalosporins, aminoglycosides and metronidazole, were prevailing.

[Treatment of complicated appendicitis].

Metronidazole (trichopol) included in the complex of curative measures in acute appendicitis complicated by local or diffuse peritonitis resulted in a substantially decreased amount of pyo-inflammatory complications after appendectomy and shorter time of staying at the hospital.