Application of surgical magnet instruments for diagnosis and pulling out of ferromagnetic foreign bodies of abdominal cavity in the battle gun–shot trauma

Abstract

Objective. To determine the possibility and expediency of application of ferromagnetic instruments for diagnosis and pulling out of the abdominal cavity foreign bodies in the battle gun–shot trauma, including application of miniinvasive technologies.
 Materials and methods. In the investigation 154 patients took part, including 110 (71.4%) with application of open laparotomy access, аnd 44 (28.6%) – using laparoscopic technologies. While doing open laparotomy interventions magnet surgical instruments were applied.
 Results. The magnet instruments were used in 2.5 times more frequently in open laparotomy accesses, than in the laparoscopic.There was established, that the average duration of search and pulling out of foreign bodies without application of special instruments have constituted (21 ± 2.2) min, while with it – (10 ± 1.2) min only, what is in 2 times lesser (p˂0.05). When special instruments were used, 98% of foreign ferromagnetic bodies were pulled out from abdominal cavity, while without it – 34% only, causing necessity to perform the staged interventions for their pulling out.
 Conclusion. Practical introduction of the magnet instruments proposed permits to reveal the majority of the ferromagnetic foreign body quantity with lesser time loss for their search, localization and pulling out, what is very important in conditions of military–field surgery. Foreign body of the gun–shot origin in patients, suffering penetrating abdominal wounding, demonstrated visually, palpatory or instrumentally, must be pulled out.