[Sorption detoxification in the combined therapy of chemical eye burns].
Comparative assessment of results after treatment of 90 patients with chemical burns of moderate and severe degrees was made using a sorption (103 eyes) and traditional (47 eyes) methods of treatment. The sorption method included the usage of ocular medicinal ionometabolic insertions and a 10% medicinal gelatine that are able to eliminate ions from the burning substance and toxic product formed in the eye due to burns. As a result of treatment, the sorption method allowed to obtain higher functional results, to achieve a shorter time for the patient's stay in the hospital, by 11.2 bed-days, on the average. Thanks to the sorption method introduced into the clinical practice the economic effect made up about 50,000 rubles yearly.