There is a problem of the shallow depth of the OCT probing radiation, in this regard, it seems promising to study the possibilities of its combination with high-frequency ultrasound in assessing the depth of skin damage. 15 patients of the Burn Center of the Nizhny Novgorod Research Institute of Traumatology with burns of varying severity, were examined. Thus, high-frequency US is a very effective method that allows to get an answer to topical issues of Combustiology, in particular to determine the safety of appendages, which allows to differentiate burns as 3a or 3b, to fundamentally determine the presence or absence of the epidermis, to distinguish second and third degree burns, but does not provide detailed information about the epidermis, the zone of the epidermal-dermal junction, the characteristics of the microcirculatory bed, so the method can be used to determine the depth of skin damage without doubt, but the best results can be achieved with a combination of two techniques.
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