TREATMENT OF PURULENT-NECROTIC COMPLICATIONS OF SOFT TISSUES IN DIABETES MELLITUS

One of the frequent complications of diabetes mellitus (DM) is the lesion of human blood vessels, leading to the development of diabetic foot. Literature and daily practical observation show an increase of the rate of diabetic foot (30-70%), which raises the actuality of the problem of diabetic foot treatment. This article contains data concerning the results of surgical treatment of 151 patients with diabetes mellitus complicated by diabetic foot and purulent-necrotic soft tissue inflammation. Our work presents the basic principles of treatment of purulent-necrotic complications of diabetes mellitus. The effectiveness of local application of Acerbin solution and two-stage surgical tactics in the complex surgical treatment of purulent-necrotic complications of diabetes mellitus has been proved.