Treatment of local purulent postoperative soft tissue complications in patients of older age groups with fractures of the proximal femur

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Surgical treatment of fractures of the proximal femur in elderly patients makes it possible to put patients on their feet early and improve their quality of life. Local purulent complications in the postoperative period after hip fractures surgical treatment occur in 5–10% of cases.

AIM: To improve the treatment outcomes of patients with local postoperative purulent complications of soft tissues by a comparative analysis of treatment methods with various antibacterial, antiseptic hydrogels and physical methods of wound treatment.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: The article presents the nature of local purulent complications, their clinical picture, and diagnostic features. All the patients are divided into 2 groups. The main group included 53 patients, and the control group included 48. The patients of the main group underwent comprehensive treatment of local purulent complications using modern technologies (plasma scalpel) and dressings with hydrogel Argacol. The control group was treated with traditional bandages with dioxomethyltetrahydropyrimidine and chloramphenicol.

RESULTS: The use of surgical wound treatment using a plasma scalpel and dressings with multifunctional hydrogel allows to accelerate the wound healing process by 2–3 weeks compared with the use of traditional techniques.

CONCLUSIONS: The application of the proposed tactics of providing specialized care to elderly patients with a fracture of the proximal femur allows for a significant (p < 0.05) improvement in treatment results.

Keywords

local purulent complications / proximal femur / multifunctional hydrogel / plasma scalpel

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