[Perforative peritonitis as a complication of abdominal tuberculosis]

Abstract

In the paper, data on 502 patients with abdominal tuberculosis are reported, including 21--with perforative peritonitis due to the perforation of tuberculous intestinal ulcers. In its manifestations perforative peritonitis may show a latent or "an acute abdomen" course. Among 12 operated patients there were 5 lethal issues. Such high postoperative mortality is accounted for late terms of establishing the correct diagnosis and admission of patients in a poor and hopeless condition.