[Lipid peroxidation and endogenous intoxication during hirudotherapy for gonarthrosis].

The time course of changes in lipid peroxidation and the characteristics of endogenous intoxication were studied in the treatment of patients with gonarthrosis. The findings suggest the positive changes in the biochemical parameters that characterize endogenous intoxication and recovery of the body's antioxidant status despite the activation of prooxidative processes.