[Circulatory theory of the pathogenesis of post-traumatic osteomyelitis]

In their experiments on white rats the authors have obtained the proofs of the circulatory conception of the pathogenesis of posttraumatic osteomyelitis and have established that, (a) the determining condition for the development of posttraumatic osteomyelitis is decompensation of acute circulatory disturbances, and (b) the extent of the area of ischemic necrosis of the bone marrow in the bone fragments predetermines the individual topographic peculiarities of posttraumatic osteomyelitis. The acute, subacute and chronic stages of the development of posttraumatic osteomyelitic are described.