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[Efferent methods and hyperbaric oxygen therapy for great vessels injuries of extremities]
M B Akhmedov1, N S Abushov1, E D Zakirdzhayev1
1Topchubashov Research Center for Surgery, Azerbaijan Republic, Baku, Azebaijan.
Aim:
To evaluate an efficacy of efferent therapy of great vessels injuries of extremities and acute limb ischemia.
Material And Methods:
There were 197 patients (main group -107, control group - 90 patients) with great vessels injuries of extremities and acute limb ischemia. The patients of the main group underwent plasmapheresis, ultraviolet irradiation of blood (UVIB) and hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy. Efferent methods were used depending on the severity of acute ischemia, intoxication and infection (intoxication - plasmapheresis, ischemia - plasmapheresis + HBO, infections - UVIB, their combination - plasmapheresis + UVIB + HBO).
Results:
Limb amputation and necrectomy were required only in 2 (1.96%) and 3 (2.8%) patients of the main group, mortality - 0.94% (n=1). In the control group these values were 16 (17.8%), 10 (11.1%) and 7 (7.8%), respectively.
Conclusion:
Efferent methods are effective in patients with traumatic vascular injuries and acute limb ischemia regarding improvement of clinical outcomes and 2-fold reduction of hospital-stay, less number of amputations and decreased mortality rate.
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