Comparative evaluation of drainage methods used for penetrating gunshot cerebral injuries.

The paper presents a comparative evaluation of the methods of gunshot craniocerebral wounds draining, applied when the primary surgical treatment at the stages of medical evacuation of the limited contingent of Soviet troops in Afghanistan. An analysis of occurring infectious complications and outcomes of surgical treatment of the wounded is given. Based on clinical observations revealed most effective method of the active drainage gunshot traumatic brain injuries. The advantages of tidal drainage, appropriate for mechanical cleaning of wounds, allows controlling hemostasis, using antibacterial solutions are given.

gunshot wounds, penetrating traumatic brain injury, methods of wound drainage