Vestnik khirurgii imeni I. I. Grekova
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Vestn. Khir. Im. I. I. Grek. · Jan 1997
Comparative Study[Methodology for the objective assessment of trauma severity (II. The assessment of the severity of gunshot wounds)].
The article presents a scale for an objective assessment of gun-shot wounds developed at the department of military field surgery of the Medical Military Academy. The effectiveness of the scale was estimated by comparing it with the AIS-90 and ISS methods according to 3 criteria: lethality, discharge from the military forces and duration of the period of lost fighting ability. The greatest correlation of the scale with these criteria was established. The sphere of its clinical use is described.
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Vestn. Khir. Im. I. I. Grek. · Jan 1997
Review Case Reports[Intestinal perforation in tuberculosis].
For 5 years the authors observed isolated abdominal tuberculosis in 6 patients. Five of them who were urgently operated upon had perforations of the tuberculous ulcers of the intestine. A specific character of the inflammation was confirmed by histological investigations. ⋯ One of them had six perforated tuberculous ulcers of the jejunum. All these patients died. Recommendations are given how to improve the diagnosis of abdominal tuberculosis and treat patients with this severe disease.
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The authors experience based upon the results of operative treatment of 148 patients with injuries of the cervical spine and dysfunctions of the upper extremities was used in order in substantiate the volume of diagnostic measures, indications to different methods of operative treatment. The latter is considered to be expedient in all periods of the traumatic disease of the spinal cord with retained radicular-medullary compression.