[Use of helium-cadmium lasers in the complex treatment of suppurative diseases in patients with diabetes mellitus].

Study of 174 patients with various suppurative diseases and diabetes mellitus showed that treatment with helium-cadmium laser beam with a wave length of 441.6 nm by a single exposure to 4.5 J leads to rapid abatement of the inflammatory reaction, cleansing and acceleration of the regeneration processes in the purulent wounds, expands the possibilities of surgical treatment with good functional and cosmetic results of plastic operations, which reduces the time of complete wound healing by 1.5 times.