[Use of electric stimulation for activating the process of bone consolidation]. / Primenenie élektrostimuliatsii dlia aktivizatsii protsessa kostnogo srashcheniia.

A method of electrostimulation aimed at activation of bone adhesion processes was developed and introduced into practice at the Latvian Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics on the basis of data on bone bioelectric activity. The method was used in complex with external fixation of the fracture by Kalnbers' apparatus. The phase pattern of callus formation necessitated the employment of the appropriate potential of direct current. Cyclic potentials similar to piezopotentials of a normal bone in cyclic physiological load were used in the phase of functional reorganization. Positive results were achieved in 88.4% of 79 patients.

[Use of dimiphen blue to determine the viability of mechanically injured tissues]. / Primenenie dimifena golubogo dlia opredeleniia zhiznesposobnosti mekhanicheski povrezhdennykh tkanei.

Results of the experimental use of Dimiphen blue for determination of viability of tissues are presented. Experiments were made in 23 rabbits with standard contusion-crush skin-muscle wounds. the results have shown that the method is good for diagnosis and may be recommended for clinical use.