title: [Potentials for using radiation treatment in complicated diabetic osteoarthropathy].
abstract: The possibility of gamma-beam therapy of aggravated diabetic osteoarthropathy is discussed. Seventy patients were exposed to local radiation (orthovolt X-ray therapy, generation voltage being 200 kV) for suppurative inflammation of the foot soft and bony tissues. The total focal dose was 300 to 500 Gy. Previous drug- and ointment treatment performed in all the patients was unsuccessful, as well as the ulcer purification and drainage. As a result of gamma-beam therapy a stable clinical effect was seen in 65 patients within 1 1/2 to 5 years' follow up: inflammation disappeared followed by the wound healing and bone repairing. The results obtained allow one to recommend this method as a component of the complex therapy of the pathology above.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001851:Bone Diseases, Metabolic / Q000209:etiology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000532:radiotherapy; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage
vernacular_title: Vozmozhnosti primeneniia luchevogo lecheniia oslozhnennoĭ diabeticheskoĭ osteoartropatii.