0.045% DAC N-055 a choice for poor Afghan surgical patients?
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Introduction / objectives O2 enriched pharmaceutical chlorite [NaClO2 German Drug Codex monograph DAC N-055, 1990] contains Na2Cl2O6 formerly called TCDO, (NaClO2)4·O2 fights tissue infections and promotes wound granulation of radiogenic ulcers [http://www-pub.iaea.org/mtcd/publications/pdf/te_1300_web.pdf]. Under our hygienic conditions the intraand postoperative topical use of 0.045% DAC N-055 helps us to deal with bone & tissue infections in orthopaedic surgery in Mazar. Here we document 4 cases out of the total number of 26 patients, we monitored in the former Military Hospital in Mazar 2004 2006 to familiarize ourselves with this German drug first registered as Oxoferin in 1983.
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