Abstract
Summary
A new method for diminishing peritonitis from leakage after resection or perforation of exteriorizable bowel is presented. It is based on the observation that it is safe to reposit within the peritoneal cavity, bowel which has been exteriorized for several weeks, and on the proposition that peritonitis from leakage cannot occur if the leak (actual or potential) is walled off outside the peritoneal cavity.
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