Open AccessASSESSMENT OF EFFICACY OF THE METHOD OF PROGRAMMED IRRIGATION ASPIRATION SANATION IN COMPLEX TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC POSTTRAUMATIC OSTEOMYELITIS OF THE LONG BONES
Author(s) -
А А Глухов,
В А Сергеев
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
vestnik hirurgii im. i.i. grekova/vestnik hirurgii imeni i.i. grekova
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.136
H-Index - 7
eISSN - 2686-7370
pISSN - 0042-4625
DOI - 10.24884/0042-4625-2016-175-3-40-43
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , osteomyelitis , quality of life (healthcare) , nursing
The analysis of treatment results of 128 patients aged from 21 to 62 years old with chronic posttraumatic osteomyelitis of the long bones was made at the period from 2006 to 2013. The main group included 67 patients and the method of programmed irrigation aspiration sanation was applied for them. The comparison group consisted of 61 patients and drainage was performed for these patients using the conventional ways. The authors noted good immediate results in the main group in 56 (83,58%) out of 67 patients and in the comparison group - in 43 (70,49%) out of 61 patients. The long-term results were analyzed in 116 (90,6%) out of 128 patients in terms from two to five years after treatment. The rate of recurrences such as formation of purulent fistula were twice less in patients of the main group, than in the comparison group. According to the results of questionnaire SF-36, there was noticed, that patients of the main group got better mean indices of quality of life on all 8 scales compared with the other group.