[Pathogenesis and treatment of gunshot wounds of soft tissues]

Based on experimental investigations and generalization of the experience with treatment of wounds the authors pay attention to principal distinctions of the gunshot wound from other kinds of open injuries, as well as to the importance of early primary surgical treatment of the gunshot wound in prophylactics of infectious complications. Data on possible use of microwave radiation and medicamentous agents for stabilization of the wound process and restriction of spread of the secondary necrosis++ are presented.