Lazer photodynamic therapy in the treatment of purulent-necrotic lesions of the foot in diabetes

Analyzed the results of complex treatment of 125 patients with purulent-necrotic lesions of the foot in diabetes mellitus. Application of local laser photodynamic therapy in the complex treatment allowed a short time to achieve the cleansing of the wound surfaces from pathogenic organisms, to ensure the normalization of the signs of intoxication in a shorter time compared with the traditional treatment, reduction of the num-bers of the progression of the pathological process in the foot from 29.3% to 5.9%, and reduced the number of deaths from 8.6% to 1.5%.