[Experience in using prolonged normovolemic hemodilution in patients with diabetic angiopathies of the vessels of the lower extremities].

Prolonged normovolemic hemodilution (PNH) was shown to be highly effective in treatment of 87 patients with diabetic angiopathies of the lower extremity vessels. The frequency of specific and nonspecific complications after amputations and the number of reamputations were considerably lower. PNH allowed performing restricted, little-traumatic amputations, facilitated healing of trophic ulcers and pyonecrotic foci. It also resulted in the long-term remission of the disease.