[A magnetic field in the combined treatment of suppurative wounds in diabetes mellitus].

Treatment of purulent wounds was carried out in 72 patients against the background of diabetes mellitus. In 42 of them the complex treatment included using magnetic fields. The application of magnetic fields promoted earlier and more pronounced reduction of the intoxication level, stabilization of the antioxidant system of organism and parameters of immune reactivity. The magnetic fields included in the treatment resulted in accelerated necrolysis, appearance of granulations and epithelialization. The duration of treatment became 6.2 days shorter.