[The pathogenetic aspects of the effect of hypoxia on the trigger mechanisms of suppurative-inflammatory complications in patients with combined maxillofacial and craniocerebral trauma].

Study of the relationship between the time course of secondary tissue hypoxia development and changes in the neutrophilic phagocytic activity, which was carried out in 65 patients with combined maxillofacial and craniocerebral injury, has revealed a detrimental effect of hypoxia on antibacterial defense factors of the body, this effect being conductive to development of pyoinflammatory complications; this should be borne in mind when planning treatment strategy.