Morphofunctional assessment of the regeneration of purulent wounds of the lower extremities in patients with diabetes mellitus with various treatment regimens

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to substantiate the effectiveness of local combined use of miliacil and EHF-therapy in the complex treatment of purulent wounds of the lower extremities in patients with diabetes mellitus and its effect on morphological and functional changes in tissue defects. Our studies included 96 patients with purulent wounds of the lower extremities, localized on the thigh or lower leg against the background of diabetes mellitus. In 48 patients of the main group, miliacil and EHF-therapy were used in the local treatment of wounds, 48 patients in the control group used only miliacil. Of the 96 patients, 56 patients received complex treatment of purulent wounds, 40 received conservative treatment and plastic surgery. In all patients receiving complex conservative treatment, morphological studies of wound tissues were performed at admission, on the 7th day of conservative treatment, with the consent of the patients. When miliacil and EHF-therapy were used, the wounds healed by 13 days in most patients. Most patients in the control group showed complete wound healing by the 18th day of treatment. The positive effect of miliacil and EHF-therapy on the course of purulent wounds in patients with diabetes mellitus was also confirmed by histological research methods. An increase in leukocyte and macrophage reactions, a more active formation of poorly differentiated granulation connective tissue due to the intensification of vasculogenesis. The new method of therapeutic correction contributed to better and adequate epithelialization of the wound defect, traced after 7 days of clinical observation. Thus, with the complex use of miliacil and EHF-therapy, its high efficiency was established in the treatment of purulent wounds against the background of diabetes mellitus.