[Acute appendicitis in patients with diabetes mellitus]

The peculiarities of clinical picture, preoperative preparation and postoperative course in 157 patients with acute appendicitis, who suffered from diabetes mellitus, are shown. The direct dependence of pathomorphologic changes in the vermiform process on the severity degree and the state of diabetes compensation is noted. For correction of carbohydrate metabolism in the patients' contingent considered, it is the most expedient to use the fractional injection of common (crystalline) insulin at low doses.