After being seriously wounded near Vovchansk, Ukrainian soldier Oleksandr experienced several critical conditions, sepsis, and repeated erosive bleeding. Thanks to complex surgical interventions and the persistence of doctors, the man survived and is gradually recovering.
This was reported by the O.O. Shalimov National Scientific Center for Surgery and Transplantology.
Oleksandr is an active-duty soldier who volunteered to go to the front in 2015, and after the full-scale invasion, he rejoined one of the assault units. Last year, near Volchansk, he suffered a serious mine-explosive injury. One of the fragments pierced his chest, damaging his right lung and the brachiocephalic trunk, the main artery that supplies the brain and right arm.
The first intervention was performed by Kharkiv surgeons — they stopped the bleeding and installed an artificial vessel. But soon the condition worsened significantly: infection in the graft, fistula formation, thrombosis, and sepsis.
Oleksandr was first transferred to the National Military Medical Center, and later to the Shalimov Center, where he underwent a complex operation to remove the infected graft. Doctors were able to stabilize the blood supply to his brain and hand without the need for new vascular reconstruction.
The patient remained in serious condition for a long time: he had a multidrug-resistant infection, prolonged inflammation, and the threat of fatal bleeding. But thanks to the efforts of the Shalimov Center team, intensive therapy, and constant monitoring, Oleksandr's condition gradually stabilized.
The temperature returned to normal, and tests confirmed the absence of infection in the blood. Doctors emphasize that infection of vascular grafts is one of the most dangerous complications in vascular surgery, requiring the highest level of medical care.
The Shalimov Center assures that they are ready to save such patients by using the latest techniques and technologies.
