Review Article, Concerning Peritonitis and Peritoneal Sepsis

Jalali, S. A.; Shamimi, K.; Abdollahi, A

Review Article, Concerning Peritonitis and Peritoneal Sepsis

Document Type : Review Article

Authors

S. A. Jalali ¹

K. Shamimi ²

A Abdollahi ³

¹ Professor of General Surgery and Gastrointestinal, Liver Disease Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Firozgar Hospital, Tehran, Iran

² Professor of General Surgery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Emam Khomaini Hospital, Tehran, Iran

³ Assistant Professor of General Surgery, Azad University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

From the last decade of 19th century and the beginning of modern era in surgery; peritonitis has been always considered a serious lethal disease. In the past hundred years with the advanced knowledge about the bacteria and their role in peritonitis, and the discovery of antibiotics an astonishing progress was made in the treatment of peritonitis. Furthetmore, anesthesiology made medical and surgical treatment applicable to most cases of peritonitis and decreased the mortality and morbidity dramatically. Advents in radiology, ultrasound, and CT-Scanning and nuclear medicine along with MR Imaging opened a new horizon for exact diagnosis and proper treatment. Laparoscopic surgery and percutaneous needle aspiration and application of stents guided with ultrasound, CT and MRI made treatment easier for patients; physicians and surgeons.

Keywords

Peritonitis

Peritoneal Sepsis