Acute Generalized Peritonitis in a Peripheral Hospital Centre in Benin: Can It Be Managed by a Local General Practitioner?

Figure 1

Typhoid ileal perforation (a) and primary repair (b). Primary repair was often adopted and consists of a single-layer suture with 2–4 large Vicryl 2/0 “U” stitches passed through the seromuscular intestinal layer far from perforation where less inflammatory involvement is evident, without edge excision and achieving a good introflection.

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