[Treatment of suppurative-necrotic wounds of the extremities]

The article discusses the authors' experience in treating pyonecrotic and poorly granulating wounds of the upper and lower extremities in 158 patients; proteolytic enzymes, application of carbohydrate sorbents, and helium-neon laser radiation were used in 66 cases. With such method of treatment, the wounds healed without cutaneoplasty in 75% of cases. In 25% of cases free cutaneoplasty was performed after preparation of the wound surface. The terms of wound healing reduced 1.5-2 times as compared to that in the traditional methods of treatment.