Informative potential of the transcutaneous determination of oxygen and carbon dioxide tensions in traumatologic and orthopaedic patients

A current view of the diagnostic capabilities of the transcutaneous determination of oxygen and carbon dioxide tensions in traumatologic and orthopaedic patients has been demonstrated based on the analysis of native and foreign scientific publications. The informative potential of this method has been analyzed for the assessment of condition of patients with multiple (combined) injuries, open wounds, that of blood flow and tissue flap healing, tissue metabolic reactions to distraction effects in orthopaedic patients, HBO therapy results in traumatologic and orthopaedic patients.