Hyperbaric oxygen therapy.

Abstract: The administration of pure oxygen at higher than atmospheric pressure (hyperbaric oxygen) had been found useful as a primary method of treatment or as adjunctive therapy in a variety of disorders. Hyperbaric oxygen increases the oxygen available to hypoxic...

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[Postoperative gas gangrene. Apropos of 22 cases].

Abstract: The authors report twenty two cases of post-operative gas gangrene. In the series studied mortality was 40.9 p. 100, independent of age and sex. Rapidly progressive forms were the most severe. The delay before effective treatment was prescribed influenced...

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