[Relaparotomy after emergency surgical interventions].

Relaparotomy was conducted 251 times on 210 emergency surgical patients. Diffuse and localized circumscribed peritonitis were the main causes of relaparotomy (70.5%). The level of serum cortisol was tested by the radioisotope method in a group of patients before and after relaparotomy. Operations conducted for the second time 6-7 days after the first operation were undertaken in adrenal insufficiency. Radical relaparotomy produced the best results.