[Pathogenetic therapy of motor disorders of the gastrointestinal tract in the postoperative period and in peritonitis].

The authors have established the relationship between disorders of the motor function of the gastro-intestinal tract and the reduced volume of the mesenterial blood flow under peritonitis and after laparotomy in experiment and clinic. The regional blood flow was studied angiographically, the intestinal motor activity was followed by recording the intestinal potential. Similar changes in the inhibition of motor functions were found after creation of a graded stenosis of the mesenterial artery and reduced volume of the blood flow. The employment of a number of vasoactive drugs is believed to be expedient for the purposeful correction of the impaired regional blood flow as a cause of the inhibition of motor activity of the gastro-intestinal tract.