Efficacy of Miramistin-Metronidazole Combination in the Treatment of Purulent-Inflammatory Processes of Soft Tissues

Importance of the topic. The patients with purulent-inflammatory processes of soft tissues are the most common category of surgical patients, since the effectiveness of their treatment decreases due to the development of microorganism resistance to antibiotics and antiseptics. The aim of research was to study the clinical efficacy of topical application of miramistin-metronidazole combination immobilized on sodium salt of carboxymethyl cellulose in the treatment of purulent-inflammatory processes of soft tissues.Materials and methods. The study included 60 patients with purulent-inflammatory diseases of soft tissues. They were divided into 2 groups, 30 people in each group. All patients were exposed to partial surgical treatment of the purulent focus. In the first group, the treatment consisted of local application of dioxomethyltetrahydropyrimidine ointment with the antibiotic chloramphenicol, and in the second group with miramistin-metronidazole combination immobilized on the sodium salt of carboxymethylcellulose. The course of the wound process was assessed by the dynamics of the local wound temperature, the percentage of reduction of the wound size and volume and the rate of its healing; the terms of edema and purulent discharge elimination, the onset of the appearance of mature granulations and epithelialization of wounds, the cessation of the microflora growth in wounds, the average number of inpatient days were also registered. Results. Measurements of the local wound temperature demonstrated that the inflammatory process in patients of the first group lasted for 10 days, and in patients of the second group for 5-6 days. Prior to discharge from the hospital, the wound area was 16.1% and the volume of wounds was 14% less in patients of the second group compared with similar findings in patients of the first group. The edema of the tissues surrounding the wound eliminated within 1.5 days, and the exudation from the wound stopped 2 days earlier in patients of the second group. Granulation in the wound appeared 2 days, and marginal epithelialization 1 day earlier in patients of the second group. With bacterial culturing of the wound discharge, the growth ceased 1 day earlier in patients of the second group compared to patients in the first group. Such dynamics of the course of the wound process led to a 3 bed-day decrease in the hospital stay of patients of the second group.Conclusion. Local treatment of purulent-inflammatory diseases of soft tissues with miramistin-metronidazole combination allowed optimizing the course of the wound process, reducing duration of inpatient stay.