[Comparative assessment of conservative therapy methods in patients with the diabetic foot syndrome]. / Sravnitel'naia otsenka metodov konservativnoi terapii bol'nykh s sindromom diabeticheskoi stopy.

Fifty patients with types I and II diabetes complicated by the diabetic foot syndrome were examined. The patients were divided into two groups: Group I patients were administered x-ray therapy of the feet and shins, group 2 ones were treated by angioprotectors and antiaggregants. Complaints and objective data, findings of ultrasonic examination of the lower limb vessels and biothesiometry, x-ray picture before and 6 months after the treatment were assessed. 36 normal subjects made up the control group. The authors emphasize a marked effect of x-ray therapy as against drug treatment.