Staged rehabilitation of military personnel as part of a multimodal approach to the gunshot soft tissue defects reconstruction

Abstract

Aim: To increase the efficacy of the original staged scheme of wounded with soft tissues gunshot defects (STGD) rehabilitation using the original improvement of diagnostic and restorative rehabilitation measures. Materials and Methods: The wounded with STGD were admitted to the Military Medical Clinical Center of the Southern Region (Odesa). The wounded were randomized in three groups depending on the severity of the injury for further rehabilitation in sanatorium-resort conditions. Spectral infrared thermography diagnostic capabilities were used to control the efficacy of rehabilitation measures and to evaluate the rehabilitation prognosis. Results: The data obtained were divided into immediate clinical and delayed organizational ones with rapid implementation into the medical practice to support the military forces of Ukraine. Authors showed the full-fledged functional recovery of the patient’s injured limbs as a result of original step-by-step scheme applying of providing medical care in cases of STGD. Conclusions: Timely rehabilitation measures at all stages of providing medical care in the Armed Forces are faster and more effective. The organizational and methodological foundations of the staged rehabilitation system of wounded servicemen with STGD at different levels of medical care depending on the severity of the injury and the tactics of surgical treatment have been developed. Different three- and four-staged models of rehabilitation measures for the injured with different severity have been proposed.