Abstract: Our study presents effects of the hyperbaric inhalation oxygenotherapy in the treatment of ischaemic diseases of lower extremities and chronic refractory problem wounds. Hyperbaric oxygenotherapy (HO) has antioedemic effect, it stimulates collagen synthesis,...
Diabetes
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) Research for Diabetes.
Angiogenesis in necrotic ulcers treated with hyperbaric oxygen.
Abstract: Necrotic/gangrenous wounds lack adequate blood supply and develop further vascular damage from either reperfusion injury or oxygen toxicity when exposed to oxygen at the wrong pressures. A prospective randomized study was performed to confirm the efficacy of...
Effective treatment strategies for diabetic foot wounds.
Abstract: Nonhealing foot ulcers in patients with diabetes are the leading cause of complications such as infection and amputation. This is a review of the traditional methods of good wound care for the diabetic foot ulcer. We also introduce newer methods for the...
The nitric oxide connection: hyperbaric oxygen therapy, becaplermin, and diabetic ulcer management.
Abstract: Clinical experience with adjunctive hyperbaric oxygen therapy in the treatment of diabetic ulcers has shown that wound hyperoxia increases wound granulation tissue formation and accelerates wound contraction and secondary closure. In addition to wound...
Systematic reviews of wound care management: (3) antimicrobial agents for chronic wounds; (4) diabetic foot ulceration.
Abstract: Chronic wounds, including pressure sores, leg ulcers, diabetic foot ulcers and other kinds of wounds, healing by secondary intention are common in both acute and community settings. The prevention and treatment of chronic wounds includes many strategies,...
[Severe lightning pain during spinal anesthesia in a patient with diabetic neuropathy].
Abstract: A 71-year-old woman with diabetic neuropathy who had undergone amputation of the right lower leg for diabetic gangrene 4 years previously, experienced severe lightning pain in both legs during spinal anesthesia. She was scheduled for skin grafting for a burn...
Systemic hyperbaric oxygen therapy: lower-extremity wound healing and the diabetic foot.
Abstract: To document peer-reviewed medical publications that have reported on hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy as an adjunct to standard lower-extremity wound care, focusing on publications dealing with the diabetic foot. A review of the medical literature was...
[Diagnostic image (2). (Gas gangrene of diabetic foot)].
Abstract: A 63-year-old woman with diabetes mellitus type 2 and an ulcer on the foot developed gas gangrene and was treated with antibiotics and surgical excision. She died before she could be treated with hyperbaric oxygen. van der Meer, , , , , , , , (2000)....
[Treatment of diabetic foot with hyperbaric oxygenation].
Abstract: Petri, , , , , , , , (). [Treatment of diabetic foot with hyperbaric oxygenation].ย Lijecnicki vjesnik, ;122(1-2):40-2.ย https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10916357
