[Lumbar sympathectomy].

Indications for application of lumbar sympathectomy (LS) in chronic arterial insufficiency of the lower extermities are analyzed. The results of the use of lumbar chemical desympathisation under computer tomography (CT) control in 10 patients are represented. Prevalences of chemical desympathisation and LS were revealed which allow us to recommend it for clinical practice.

[Clinical course of purulent and necrotic complications in diabetes mellitus].

Experience in the treatment of 214 patients with diabetic angiopathy complicated by pyonecrotic processes is generalized. Adequate correction of diabetes mellitus, improvement of microcirculation, dietotherapy, and sanitation of the pyonecrotic foci are the main trends in the complex of therapeutic measures. Hemosorption was applied successfully for detoxifixation in 24 patients.