ASSESSMENT OF METHODS OF AMPUTATION AT THE LEVEL OF THE SHIN IN SEVERE FORMS OF DIABETIC FOOT SYNDROME

Abstract

Comparative analysis of methods of amputations at the Shin level in diabetic foot syndrome with signs of critical ischemia in patients of the study groups showed that the improvement of the technique of performing myoplastic amputation with removal of m. Soleus led to a significant shortening of the time of operative accommodation, a decrease in the probability of infection of the wound surface during surgery and a sharp decrease in the development of postoperative wound infections from the amputation stump of the Shin from 22.5% to 7.2% of cases.