[Regional anesthesia and timely treatment for neuropathy in patients with pyonecrotic forms of the diabetic foot].

Regional anesthesia was studied for its impact on the functional status of a peripheral nerve in 20 patients with purulent diseases of the lower extremities in the presence of diabetes mellitus. The impact of conservative therapy on the peripheral nerve was also studied in these patients. There was no negative impact of regional methods of anesthesia on the function of the nerve, its improvement due to treatment with alpha-lipoic acid and serotonin adipinate.