[Effects of short-term immunosuppression on the engraftment of skin transplants at syndrome of the diabetic foot].

Effects of a single administration of small doses of 5-fluorouracil on results of skin plasty for syndrome of the diabetic foot were studied in 61 patients who had undergone local operations for pyo-necrotic diseases of the foot against the background of diabetes mellitus. The completion phase of their treatment was free dermal plasty with a split skin graft. Administration of 5-fluorouracil during the plasty operation was found to be accompanied by less marked inflammatory reaction in the transplant bed and in the graft.