Treatment of gunshot wounds in Zaporozhye
Unbearable, piercing pain that is almost never relieved by painkillers, it is exhausting and stuck in the memory. The feeling of terrible burning of the skin brings daily suffering. Control over the fine motor skills of the hands is lost and the fingers are unable to hold even a cup.
All these are the consequences of a mine blast, gunshot wounds to various parts of the body. Our present has taught us to distinguish between the types of injuries that occur to people during hostilities. The most common of them - gunshot wounds.
Rudenko`s Clinic in Zaporizhia – is the help to the wounded and victims of the war.
Rudenko`s Clinic spicialists, established on the basis of the Zaporizhia Interregional Center for Reconstructive Surgery of Bones and Joints, continue to work daily and around the clock to help our defenders and civilians. Our medical center is focused on reconstructive surgical and therapeutic care for patients after receiving gunshot wounds to any part of the body.
The highly qualified personnel, including a professional rehabilitologist, gradually prepares the wounded for recovery, performs tendon plastics, closure of soft tissue defects with autografts, skin plastics with auto- or allografts. An individual plan and scope of rehabilitation is developed for each person, taking into account all personal needs and characteristics.
Rehabilitation begins after the completion of all processes associated with bringing the body to a state of complete compensation: bone fusion, wound healing, satisfactory physical and emotional state of the wounded. To do this, our clinic offers a full range of services for the management of patients with various types of osteosynthesis, installed VAC-systems.
Rehabilitation measures are aimed at maximizing the restoration of limb function, ensuring full range of motion in the joints, restoring muscle mass and muscle strength. Also, it is possible to carry out physio-functional activities, such as electro- or magnetic therapy, laser therapy, therapeutic massages. This set of procedures not only helps to improve the general physical and emotional condition of the wounded, but is also critical in cases of recovery of patients with polyneuropathy, as a result of damage to the innervation of the extremities.
In our center, plastic surgery of amputated limbs is possible in case of phantom pain in patients. Phantom pain is one of the reasons for the significant deterioration in the quality of life of patients after amputations. They occur when insufficient or ineffective treatment of nerve endings during the formation of the stump. A successful solution to this problem is available at our center.
We treat different types of injuries
Gunshot wounds are a very complex type of injury. Multichannel wound course, molecular tissue concussion, crushing of surrounding structures, the presence of blood clots and a large number of fragments, trophic disorders - this is a challenge for the doctor and the patient. A gunshot wound is also a favorable substrate for the development of wound infection, including gas gangrene or tetanus.
By the nature of gunshot wounds are: 
- Throug
- Blind
- Tangential
Regarding localization in body cavities:
- Permeable
- Impermeable
Fragmentary wounds are multiple when 2 or more anatomical areas are affected. Also, injuries of this type can be complicated by traumatic shock, bleeding from the main vessels, a massive ischemic area of tissue surrounding the fragment. These are critical conditions that require immediate surgical intervention and immediate stabilization of the patient's condition.
Home medical and qualified first aid
In order for the wounds to heal effectively and the restoration of the fullest possible functionality of the extremities to be faster and with the least negative consequences, a full qualified first aid is needed.
In the next stages of care, primary surgical treatment of the wound will be performed, which will include extensive dissection of the wound within healthy tissues, decompression fasciotomy and revision of the wound canal with economical excision of non-viable tissues within acceptable limits. Metal fragments will also be removed if they are accessible and safe for the patient and appropriate in size.
Rudenko`s Clinic is always ready to help everyone who need it. Call the number listed in the Contacts and get all the additional information.