[The efficacy of the conservative treatment of patients with acute appendicitis on board ships at sea].

Under study was efficiency of conservative treatment of 247 patients with acute appendicitis on ships in the sea depending on the age of patients, clinical manifestations of the disease, volume of medicamentous therapy and time of taking medical advice. It was established that conservative treatment is most effective if started within the first 6 hs from the beginning of the disease and antibiotics were used in combination with spasmolytics, antihistamines and sulfanilamides. Patients treated conservatively had pronounced inclinations to delimiting the inflammatory process in the abdominal cavity.