Application of kinesiotape in patients with surgical hand infection in the presence of insulin dependent diabetes

A comparative analysis of the treatment of 114 patients with purulent-inflammatory diseases of the hand and insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in the early postoperative period using traditional methods and kinesiotaping was carried out. The high efficiency of kinesiotaping in the early postoperative period in creating favorable conditions for wound healing and reducing the time of hospitalization is shown. The method of kinesiotaping in such patients in the early postoperative period makes it possible to more effectively combat edema, pain syndrome, improve lymph outflow and microcirculation, which are the main factors of a favorable course of the wound process. Thanks to the use of tapes, “soft” immobilization was created, rehabilitation measures were started earlier, less traumatization of the postoperative wound during dressings was noted. It was possible to reduce the average period of hospitalization of patients (from 16 to 9 days) and to perform social and labor adaptation of the patient sooner