[The causes of complications and mortality in acute diseases of the abdominal organs].

A retrospective analysis of 854 case histories of patients who died in surgical hospitals of Orenburg Province from 1996 till 1998 has shown that 67% of the patients had infectious complications including 32.5% of suppurations of the postoperative wounds. Other causes of complications and lethality were established. Main ways to reduce their amount are determined.