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Diffuse Peritonitis

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Source Control

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• Surgical intervention without delay • Aggressive initial surgical source control including extensive intraoperative lavage, sufficient in the vast majority of cases (∼ 90%) • Continuous lavage, laparostomy and/or planned reexploration only if source control is not possible at initial operation • Supportive therapy with adequate antibiotics and intensive care

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  1. Beat Gloor
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  3. Markus W. Büchler MD, FACS
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  1. Department of Surgery Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 1650 Selwyn Avenue 4th Floor, Suite 4F, Bronx, NY, 10457, USA

    Moshe Schein (Professor of Surgery) (Professor of Surgery)

  2. Eaton North 9–234 Toronto General Hospital University Health Network, 200 Elizabeth Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2C4, Canada

    John C. Marshall (Professor of Surgery) (Professor of Surgery)

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Gloor, B., Worni, M., Büchler, M.W. (2003). Diffuse Peritonitis. In: Schein, M., Marshall, J.C. (eds) Source Control. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55914-3_18

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