[Reconstructive and restorative operations in surgical treatment of suppurative diseases].

The principles of active surgical treatment of purulent wounds made it possible to perform reconstructive operations on 5,422 patients with large purulent wounds and tissue defects. In 3,887 patients the wounds were closed with sutures and drained, in 1,535 patients the wound surfaces were closed and tissue defects repaired by various methods of cutaneo- and osteoplasty, in 1,261 of these patients free skin graft was carried out. In 274 patients wounds in the region of important anatomical structures and functionally active surfaces were closed by transposed vascularized tissues with good cosmetic and functional results.