[Disorders of microcirculation in diffuse toxic goiter and their correction in the early postoperative period]

A study was made of microcirculation in 45 patients suffering from diffuse toxic goiter at the early postoperative period with the aid of microphotography of the bulbar conjunctiva vessels, and investigation of the rate of the isotope elimination from the intradermal depot and the capillary permeability by V. P. Kaznacheev's method. The data obtained permitted to draw a conclusion that on admission to the clinic patients with toxic goiter were suffering from arteriolar spasm, had poor vascular pattern in the bulbar conjunctiva, the sledge phenomenon in small venules, an acceleration of the isotope elimination from the intradermal depot and an increase of the capillary permeability. Preoperative preparation improved the microcirculation indices, without completely normalizing them, however. Microcirculatory disturbances reached their maximum the first two days after the operation and declined by the 3rd-5th day. Recommendations on correction of the microcirculatory disturbances are given.