[The use of continuous plasmapheresis and extracorporeal laser irradiation of the blood in treating diabetic angiopathies of the lower extremities].

The plasmapheresis (PP) with the help of the PP-05 apparatus was applied in the treatment of 70 patients with the low extremities diabetic angiopathy. The optimal plasma exfusion dose is from 600 to 1100 ml. Under the PP influence the blood glucose level reduced proportionally to the excreted plasma quantity, the rheovasographic index on the low extremities increased from 0.41 +/- 0.15 to 0.64 +/- 0.6; the bloodflow velocity in the peripheral arteries of low extremities have got the 2.2-fold rise according to the dopplerography data. In comparison with a control group of patients the exarticulation conduction frequency decreased from 20 to 8, and extremities amputation--from 14 to 5.