[Diagnosis and treatment of acute cholecystitis complicated by local peritonitis].

The article analyses 610 patients with acute cholecystitis complicated by circumscribed peritonitis which determines the results of surgical treatment in many patients. The clinical manifestations of circumscribed peritonitis complicating destructive cholecystitis are discussed. It is shown that laparoscopy plays a role in the early diagnosis of atypical or asymptomatic course of this complication, particularly in elderly and old-aged patients. Data on the surgical treatment of acute cholecystitis complicated by localized circumscribed and ++non-circumscribed peritonitis are presented. The authors show the possibility of choosing the optimal operation--laparoscopic drainage of the gallbladder and abdominal cavity--in the first stage of treatment of patients with phlegmonous cholecystitis and localized ++non-circumscribed peritonitis in the presence of serious concomitant diseases.