Neuropathic diabetic foot ulcers – evidence-to-practice.
Abstract: Foot ulcers and their attendant complications are disquietingly high in people with diabetes, a majority of whom have underlying neuropathy. This review examines the evidence base underpinning the prevention and management of neuropathic diabetic foot ulcers...
Successful treatment of calcific uremic arteriolopathy with sodium thiosulfate in a renal transplant recipient.
Abstract: Abstract Calcific uremic arteriolopathy (CUA) is a rare but life-threatening disorder of arteriolar calcification. It frequently leads to severe ischemia, intense pain, and tissue necrosis with non-healing skin ulcerations. CUA usually occurs in patients...
Effects of hyperbaric oxygen therapy on quality of life in maxillofacial patients with type III osteoradionecrosis.
Abstract: Over a 4-year period, 18 patients with type III osteoradionecrosis that developed an average of 55 months after radiotherapy treatment for head and neck cancers were referred for hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO(2)). Participants completed a questionnaire...
Late-onset radiation-induced optic neuropathy after radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
Abstract: Radiation-induced optic neuropathy (RION) is a rare but devastating late complication of radiotherapy, usually manifesting months to years after cancer treatment of the head and neck, resulting in rapidly progressive blindness in one or both eyes. The...
[Case report: fatal diving-accident. Or: accident while diving?].
Abstract: This example of a fatal diving accident shows how challenging such cases can be in pre-hospital and clinical care. There is no common mechanism in diving fatalities and more than one group of disorders coming along with decompression sickness. Diving...
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy attenuates neuropathic hyperalgesia in rats and idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia in patients.
Abstract: Neuropathic pain after nerve injury is severe and intractable, and current drug and non-drug therapies offer very limited pain relief. Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO 2) has been clinically used for protection of the nervous system after acute injury. We investigated...
Evaluation of the efficacy of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in the management of chronic nonhealing ulcer and role of periwound transcutaneous oximetry as a predictor of wound healing response: A randomized prospective controlled trial.
Abstract: Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is a treatment option for chronic nonhealing wounds. Transcutaneous oximetry (TCOM) is used for wound assessment. We undertook a randomized prospective controlled trial to evaluate the role of HBOT in healing of chronic...
[Treatment of sudden deafness using hyperbaric oxygenation leads to subcutaneous emphysema of head, neck and body: a case report].
Abstract: Yu, Sun, Zhang, , , , , , (2011). [Treatment of sudden deafness using hyperbaric oxygenation leads to subcutaneous emphysema of head, neck and body: a case report]. Zhonghua er bi yan hou tou jing wai ke za zhi = Chinese journal of otorhinolaryngology head...
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy: an adjuvant treatment modality for chemo-radiation induced hemorrhagic gastritis.
Abstract: Banerjee, Javed, Deepak, Pawar, Chattopadhyay, , , , (). Hyperbaric oxygen therapy: an adjuvant treatment modality for chemo-radiation induced hemorrhagic gastritis. Tropical gastroenterology : official journal of the Digestive Diseases Foundation,...