HBOT News & Research
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) is increasingly appearing in the news and new research as a treatment for a variety of conditions involving inflammation. Use the search or select an article below to keep up to date on the most recent HBOT News.
Recent Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) News
Spontaneous hydrocele resolution after hyperbaric oxygen treatment: a clinical case report.
Abstract: Hyperbaric oxygen is considered an adjunctive treatment to medical and surgical care. We present a unique case in which a male patient with decompression illness affecting inner ear and spinal cord presented a worsened unilateral...
Middle-ear barotrauma after hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
Abstract: Middle-ear barotrauma (MEB) is one of the most common side effects of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO2). The incidence of MEB has been shown to vary between treatment centers and patients. This study was aimed to determine which patients...
Prognostic factors of spinal cord decompression sickness in recreational diving: retrospective and multicentric analysis of 279 cases.
Abstract: This study aims to determine the potential risk factors associated with the development of severe diving-related spinal cord decompression sickness (DCS). Two hundred and seventy nine injured recreational divers (42 ± 12 years; 53 women)...
Current treatments for radiation retinopathy.
Abstract: to review the currently available therapeutic modalities for radiation retinopathy (RR), including newer investigational interventions directed towards specific aspects of the pathophysiology of this refractory complication. a review of...
Current treatments for radiation retinopathy.
Abstract: to review the currently available therapeutic modalities for radiation retinopathy (RR), including newer investigational interventions directed towards specific aspects of the pathophysiology of this refractory complication. a review of...
Prognostic factors and monomicrobial necrotizing fasciitis: gram-positive versus gram-negative pathogens.
Abstract: Monomicrobial necrotizing fasciitis is rapidly progressive and life-threatening. This study was undertaken to ascertain whether the clinical presentation and outcome for patients with this disease differ for those infected with a...
Prognostic factors and monomicrobial necrotizing fasciitis: gram-positive versus gram-negative pathogens.
Abstract: Monomicrobial necrotizing fasciitis is rapidly progressive and life-threatening. This study was undertaken to ascertain whether the clinical presentation and outcome for patients with this disease differ for those infected with a...
Paradigm shifts in the management of osteoradionecrosis of the mandible.
Abstract: Osteoradionecrosis (ORN) of the mandible is a significant complication of radiation therapy for head and neck cancer. In this condition, bone within the radiation field becomes devitalized and exposed through the overlying skin or mucosa,...
Gastrointestinal toxicity associated to radiation therapy.
Abstract: Radiation therapy in combination with other treatments, such as surgery and chemotherapy, increases locoregional control and survival in patients with thoracic, abdominal and pelvic malignancies. Nevertheless, significant clinical...