Beneficial effects of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in Nocardia brasiliensis soft-tissue infection.
Abstract: To report the success of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in the treatment of Nocardia brasiliensis mycetoma. We believe this to be only the second report in the medical literature of hyperbaric oxygen therapy used in the therapy of nocardial disease. A 78-year-old...
[The role of hyperbaric oxygenation in the treatment of systemic diseases].
Abstract: Lukich, Kurakina, Poliakova, , , , , , (1991). [The role of hyperbaric oxygenation in the treatment of systemic diseases]. Klinicheskaia meditsina, 1991 Jul;69(7):15-20. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1682527
[Hyperbaric oxygen in the treatment of osteoradionecrosis of the mandible].
Abstract: Osteoradionecrosis (ORN) of the mandible is one of the most dreaded complications in the treatment of cancer of the head and neck. If conservative and surgical treatment have not been successful, very often the only remaining solution is surgical...
[The effect of hyperbaric oxygenation on the indices of lipid peroxidation in the blood of patients with lung cancer].
Abstract: The effect of hyperbaric oxygenation (HBO) used in the pre- and postoperative periods on the content of lipid peroxidation (LPO) products in the plasma and erythrocyte membranes and on the physiological antioxidant activity has been assessed in patients with...
[Hyperbaric oxygen treatment for cystoid macular edema secondary to retinal vein occlusion].
Abstract: A prospective study was made to estimate the effect of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) on 14 eyes of cystoid macular edema (CME) secondary to retinal vein occlusion. The visual acuity was improved 2-6 lines (average 3.6 lines) after the treatment, while the control...
[Experience with the treatment of patients with ankylosing spondyloarthritis].
Abstract: Hyperbaric oxygenation (HBO) for ankylosing spondylarthritis was employed in Kuibyshev Medical Institute for 10 years. The response was registered in 94.4% ot 142 patients treated as shown by positive changes in external respiration, performance status,...
[Treatment of patients with genital endometriosis and nephroptosis].
Abstract: The authors analyze the results of multiple-modality treatment of 31 patients suffering from genital endometriosis combined with nephroptosis. Nephropexy with a muscular flap was carried out in all the cases, followed by therapy for genital endometriosis,...
Magnetic resonance imaging of fat embolism syndrome–case report.
Abstract: The authors describe a case of fat embolism syndrome in a 20-year-old male. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging demonstrated multiple small cerebral infarcts suggesting this is the cause of the associated cerebral dysfunction. He underwent chemotherapy and...
One hour in 1 ATA oxygen enhances rat alveolar macrophage chemiluminescence and fungal cytotoxicity.
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to determine if 100% O2 would enhance rat pulmonary alveolar macrophage (PAM) oxidative killing of conidia of the fungus Neurospora crassa. First, we found that incubation in 100% O2 had no effect on conidia viability in the...