Is hyperbaric oxygen a useful adjunct in the management of problem lower extremity wounds?
Abstract: Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) is currently being used in the treatment of nonhealing or "problem" wounds of the lower extremities. In an attempt to evaluate the efficacy of HBO in problem wounds, a retrospective study of the HBO experience at Orlando...
Necrotizing soft tissue infections. Risk factors for mortality and strategies for management.
Abstract: The authors evaluate in a retrospective fashion the factors influencing outcome in a large group of patients presenting with necrotizing soft tissue infections, and, based on this analysis, propose a plan for optimal care of such patients. In many smaller...
Necrotizing soft tissue infections. Risk factors for mortality and strategies for management.
Abstract: The authors evaluate in a retrospective fashion the factors influencing outcome in a large group of patients presenting with necrotizing soft tissue infections, and, based on this analysis, propose a plan for optimal care of such patients. In many smaller...
Management of the brown recluse spider bite to the glans penis.
Abstract: A significant number of people are bitten by the brown recluse spider (BRS) each year. Medical treatment regimens are sometimes unsatisfactory and surgical intervention is often necessary to debride the necrotic wound. This case study reports the treatment...
Middle ear barotrauma in patients undergoing hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
Abstract: Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is associated with a risk of barotrauma to the middle ear. This prospective study of 82 patients undergoing long-term therapy for chronic conditions was designed to measure the incidence and severity of middle ear barotrauma....
Radiation injury.
Abstract: Despite advance radiotherapy techniques, long-term complications of radiation injury are still commonly seen. Acute effects are largely time dependent and can be controlled by alteration of therapy schedule. Chronic effects are dose dependent, and are...
Cerebral gas embolism resulting from inhalation of pressurized helium.
Abstract: Loss of consciousness, a generalized tonic-clonic seizure, rightside weakness, and pneumomediastinum developed suddenly in a 13-year-old boy who had inhaled helium directly from a pressurized helium tank. His condition improved dramatically with hyperbaric...
Hyperbaric oxygen: a new alternative in the treatment of perianal Crohn’s disease.
Abstract: Sipahi, Damião, de Sousa, Barbutti, Trivellato, Esteves, D'Agostino, Laudanna (1996). Hyperbaric oxygen: a new alternative in the treatment of perianal Crohn's disease. Revista do Hospital das Clinicas,...
Effective but near disastrous subarachnoid neurolysis for mechanical root pain in a paraplegic cancer patient.
Abstract: A 43-year-old white man with advanced renal cell carcinoma and consequent paraplegia complained of the new onset of lancinating pain involving the right upper chest wall. This pain, which was superimposed on well-controlled chronic back pain and was...