title: [Characteristics of the sequelae to frostbite of the extremities].
abstract: At the burn centre in Donetsk, from 1979 to 1988, 236 sufferers with a III-IV degree frostbite of the extremities were treated. Operated on were 189 patients, who underwent necrectomy, amputation of the extremity and different types of skin plasty. Of these patients, 49.8% were recognized as invalids. After 1-10 years, all the patients after a III-IV degree frostbite of the extremities make complaints, require different types of treatment, 38.9%--the operative one. For timely and qualitative rehabilitation of this category of the sufferers, their prophylactic medical examination is necessary.
authors.forename: V K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Gusak
authors.forename: L G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Anishchenko
authors.forename: I I
authors.initials: II
authors.lastname: Speranskiĭ
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Bogoslavskaia
authors.forename: Iu N
authors.initials: IuN
authors.lastname: Lavrukhin
authors.forename: V F
authors.initials: VF
authors.lastname: Ablitsov
mesh_terms: D005121:Extremities / Q000293:injuries*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005627:Frostbite / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014455:Ukraine / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Osobennosti posledstviĭ otmorzheniia konechnosteĭ.