Primary debridement of open soft-tissue injuries of hand and fingers using vacuumation and “Cyteal” antiseptic

Abstract

Irrespective of wide preventive use of different antibiotics, in case of inadequate primary debridement wound infection complicates the course of hand and finger open injuries in 4-21% of patients, this value reaches 65% for severe cases. We have proposed a complex of surgical measures for operative treatment of hand and finger open soft-tissue injuries using vacuumation and “Cyteal” antiseptic solution. The material is based on the treatment results of 127 patients with open soft-tissue injuries of hand and fingers. The results obtained demonstrated that after performing debridement microflora growth in the first group of patients was noted in 33,3% of cases, in the second one – 8% of cases and in the third group – in 3,3% of cases only.