Injuries and poisonings

Compression fracture of the spine

A compression fracture of the spine is a simultaneous pressure on the spinal column, both compression and bending. The pressure is excessive for the anterior structures of the spine, especially for the vertebrae themselves and the more vulnerable discs.

Contusion: symptoms

Contusion symptoms vary, but it is necessary to recognize and differentiate them in order not to miss extensive hematomas, stagnant hemorrhages, and more serious damage to soft tissues.

A remedy for bruises

A remedy for bruises is the first thing a person who has received a minor injury looks for. Modern pharmacology has saturated the market so densely that sometimes it is difficult to decide on the choice of a suitable remedy. In order to choose a remedy for bruises, you need to know what this remedy should treat.

Assessment of quality of life in patients with remote consequences of combat traumatic brain injury

The leading place in the structure of injuries in terms of the severity of consequences currently belongs to traumatic brain injuries (TBI), which are one of the leading causes of mortality, long-term temporary disability and disability of the population.

Some aspects of the development of infectious complications in arthroplasty

Hip joint endoprosthetics has taken a leading place in the surgical treatment of severe forms of hip joint pathology. This operation eliminates or significantly reduces pain, restores joint movement, ensures the support ability of the limb, improves gait and, as a result, significantly improves the patient's quality of life.

Rationale of antibiotic prophylaxis of infectious complications in surgery of large joints

The increase in the number of operations on large joints, the lack of sufficient material support for clinics, and the admission of insufficiently trained personnel to interventions do not allow us to exclude the development of the most formidable postoperative complication - peri-implant infection.

Contusion: treatment

Bruises require individual treatment, depending on the location of the bruises, their severity and many other factors. It is no coincidence that in Latin, the language of medicine, a bruise is called contusio, which means to break, to break.

A bruised leg

A leg bruise is an injury that is familiar to everyone without exception, regardless of age, social status and place of residence. Of course, children and athletes are most often subject to leg bruises, these are their "professional" risks.

Effect of thromboembolic complications prophylaxis on the course of the postoperative period in gerontological patients with polytrauma

It is known that about 75% of patients in older age groups in the postoperative period have disorders of the blood coagulation-anticoagulation systems of varying degrees, and their nature is determined by the volume of blood loss, the extent of tissue damage and the type of treatment performed.

Treatment of intervertebral hernia

Treatment of intervertebral hernia should first of all be aimed at eliminating the cause of the disease in order to normalize metabolic processes, improve blood microcirculation in damaged tissues, reduce the load on the joints, and relieve muscle tension.

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