Objective. The development of pelvic surgeries is now making new evolutionary jump for us to witness; this would be unimaginable without significant achievements in anesthesiology and new technologies of blood replacement. Methods. This overview presents analysis of 41 domestic and 20 foreign references sources that are devoted to the problematics of treating patients with fluid injuries of pelvis accompanied by retroperitoneal haemorrhage. Results. The following considers details on determination of endopelvic haemorrhage nature, its intensity, volume, and duration, as well as the treatment methods for circulatory injuries and surgical haemostasis. Conclusions. Energy of mechanical influence of traumatizing agent determines the damage levels (system disintegration) for pelvic ring, the bone core, and soft tissue mass. Diagnosis tactics and treatment of patients with disintegrating pelvic damage in the end are determined with volumes and intensity of haemorrhage as well as the character of related damage.
Comparative treatment results are presented for 154 patients with closed injuries of the acromioclavicular joint. Main group included 34 patients who were operated on using the proposed fixation technique with designed K-wire and screw. The technique was elaborated with regard for the data of biomechanical studies. In control group (120 patients) fixation was performed with Lee hook ( n =76), K-wires ( n =25) and hook plate ( n =19). Proposed method was considered to be an effective (95.5 points by Constant-Murley score) and low-cost treatment technique characterized by short terms of hospitalization, (13.0±0.71 days) and temporary disability (40.4±0.71) days as well as by low rate of postoperative complications (3 (8.8%) cases).
Results of step by step treatment of 28 patients with disintegrative pelvic ring injuries are presented. In 14 patients (main group) step by step extra-focal pelvic fixation with application of anterior (antishock) and posterior modules was performed. In 14 patients (control group) osteosynthesis by external fixation device with circular support was used. Long-term results were assessed in1 year after injury. In control group residual deformity averaged 5 (4-7) mm and was noted in 10 (71.4%) patients. In the main group residual deformity was observed in 4 (28.6%) cases and averaged 2.5 (2-3) mm (p=0.0039). In the main group functional result by Majeed scale was also significantly better (p=0.000319). Excellent and good results were achieved in 9 (64.3%) and 5 (35.7%) of patients, respectively. In control group results were considered to be excellent in 3 (21.4%), good - in 6 (42.9%), satisfactory - in 4 (28.6) and poor - in 1 (7.1%) of cases. Advantage of the proposed transosseous osteosynthesis technique is the modular principle of the construction use that enables to perform separate fixation with anterior (antishock) module followed by final reposition of the pelvic ring with posterior module after stabilization of patient’s vital functions. This allows to increase the number of external pelvic fixation in patients with polytrauma.
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