The state of the microcircular bed in patients with severe traumatic brain damage

The course and outcome of severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) is more influenced by the degree and nature of cerebral blood flow disorders. Changes in blood circulation, in turn, depend on the state of the microvasculature, which ensures the transcapillary metabolism between blood and tissues. The most convenient object in the study of the microcirculatory network of the brain in patients is the vessels of the bulbar conjunctiva. This is due, on the one hand, to the fact that the vascular network of the outer and inner shell of the eyeball belongs to those few structures of the body that can be directly observed and photographed, on the other hand, the vessels of the bulboconjunctiva have the same source of blood circulation and innervation as the head brain.