[Healing of peritonized and nonperitonized peritoneal defects in growing organisms].

Clinical data (110 observations over 106 cases) and experiments on animals proved the inexpediency of the peritonization of non-pertonized surfaces in children both in "pure" peritoneum and under the condition of a pronounced inflammation. Renouncement of peritonization of peritoneal defects has favoured the decrease of the incidence rate of the recurrence of ileum and the improvement of late results of the treatment. The authors believed that the peritonization is needed only when defects of the intestinal wall reach the submucous level and as this takes place a pronounced bleeding, which cannot be controlled without suturing, is noted. Intestinal perforation localized in the non-peritonized sites was never observed, even when the muscular layer of the intestinal wall was damaged.