METHOD FOR REDUCING NECROSIS OF INCISIONAL WOUND EDGES FOLLOWING ANKLE REPLACEMENT Russian patent published in 2013 - IPC A61K35/62 A61P17/02 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention refers to medicine, particularly orthopaedics and traumatology, and may be used for treating and preventing necrotic changes of skin of an incisional wound following ankle replacement. For this purpose, with underlying drug-induced therapy aiming at prevention of purulent-septic and thrombotic complications, leech therapy assisted by a Doppler laser flowmeter is conducted in the following regimen: on the first 3 days - 3 leeches each day, on the 4^th-5^th days - 1 leech each day, on the 6^th day - pause, on the 7^th-8^th day - 1 leech each day. If observing capillary blood slowing down by 50-60% of the initial values, the absence of progressing edge necrosis is stated.

EFFECT: method enables well-timed reduction of starting edge necrosis of the incisional wound and technical acceptability.

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