[Secondary omentitis in children following appendectomy].

The data on treatment of 18 children with secondary omentitis, which developed after appendectomy, are presented. A complication can manifest itself as an abscess of the omentum and as its infiltration, differing in clinical picture and the findings of electromyography. On the basis of the analysis of 463 appendectomies, at the time of which the changes in the omentum were revealed, the association of the form of appendicitis and secondary omentitis is shown. The necessity for resection of the omentum in periappendicular abscess and general peritonitis is noted.