The type and extent of surgery depends on the underlying disease processing the severity of intra-abdominal infection.
Definitive interventions to restore functional anatomy include:
removing the source of the antimicrobial contamination and repairing the anatomic or functional disorder causing the infection.
This is accomplished by surgical intervention.
Surgery (laparotomy) is needed to perform a full exploration and lavage of the peritoneum, as well as to correct any gross anatomical damage which may have caused peritonitis. The exception is spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, which does not benefit from surgery.
Nonoperative interventions for accessible abscess include: percutaneous drainage, which minimizes the risk of surgery.
Peritonitis surgery
Acute cholecystitis surgery
Peritonitis medical therapy
Chronic cholecystitis surgery
Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis surgery
Ascites medical therapy
Ascending cholangitis surgery
Acute pancreatitis surgery