[Possibility of early operations in severe traumatic shock under the protection of assisted circulation].

The results of treatment in 28 patients with extremely severe multiple injuries are analysed: 21 of them had open, comminuted, crushed fractures or tearing of 44 extremities. After a failure of antishock measures an assist extracorporeal circulation with oxygenation was instituted, and surgery was performed. In 128 experiments on dogs a explosive bullet wound was inflicted on the knee joint: a comminuted intraarticular fracture of 2-3 bones was produced, followed by 25-30% bloodletting and additional trauma of the damage site. In 23 control experiments without using the heart-lung machine but with routine antishock measures 83% of animals died after the amputation and 17%--survived. A conclusion is made on the rationale and efficacy of an assist extracorporeal circulation in severe traumatic shock, that would make is possible to perform an early operation and to eliminate "the trigger mechanism" of shock.