RESULTS OF BRAIN INJURY PRIMARY SURGICAL TREATMENT IN A COMPLEX CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH COMBAT-RELATED PENETRATING CRANIOCEREBRAL GUNSHOT WOUND AT A SPECIALIZED MEDICAL FACILITY.

The aim of the study is to justify the "balanced" approach to brain debridement (BD) in surgical treatment of combat-related penetrating craniocerebral gunshot wound (PCGW) patients and assess immediate and long-term treatment results. The analysis of applied surgical BD techniques was performed in PCGW military personnel with admission Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score of 4 or above. The study included 81 injured patients.