[Ways of improving results of the treatment of appendicular peritonitis in children].

The analysis of the results of treating 849 children with appendicular peritonitis for 1975-1989 was carried out. In 1975-1982, the reoperations for early intraabdominal complications were performed in 28 (5.4%) patients, the lethality was 1.7%. Use in the clinic of the common classification of peritonitis permitted to enhance the effectiveness of preoperative diagnosis, and improve the results of its treatment. The incidence of relaparotomy reduced to 0.8%, and lethality--to 0.3%.