[Peritonitis in cases of complicated diverticulosis of the gastrointestinal tract].

Within the period 2002 - 2007, a total of 29 patients with diverticulosis of the gastrointestinal tract have been treated at the surgery clinic: 26 (89,66%) male and 3 (10,34%) female patients. Their average age amounted to 65,7 years (22 y. - 81 y.). A total of 25 (86,21%) patients have had a complicated form of disease and 6 (24%) of them have had peritonitis. The operative interventions included: resection of small-intestine diverticulitis and primary anastomosis with 2 patients, Hartmann's type resection of the sigmoid colon with 2 patients, suture of sigmoid colon perforation with protective colostomy with 1 patient and resection of the sigmoid colon with primary anastomosis with 1 patient. No mortality in the postoperative period. 2 complications have been observed - suppuration and dehiscence of the operative wound.