[The antitoxic action of xenogeneic spleen in treating the suppurative-septic complications in surgery]. / Antitoksicheskoe deistvie ksenoselezenki pri lechenii gnoino-septicheskikh oslozhenii v khirurgii.

The article presents results of using hemoperfusion through the swine spleen and infusions of the xenosplenic perfusate in treatment of purulent peritonitis and various suppurative complications in 109 patients. A positive effect was noted (20% reduction of lethality, 1.5-3.5 times shorter period of treatment).