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
Acute effects of combined photodynamic therapy and hyperbaric oxygenation in lung cancer–a clinical pilot study.
Abstract: Photodynamic tumor therapy (PDT) is based upon a photochemical reaction that is limited by the availability of molecular oxygen in the target tissue. The use of hyperbaric oxygenation (HBO) increases the amount of oxygen available for the...
Deep sternal wound infection: the role of early debridement surgery.
Abstract: This retrospective chart review study aimed to evaluate whether a more aggressive staged approach can reduce morbidity and mortality following post-cardiotomy deep sternal wound infection. Between 1979 and 2000, 14620 patients underwent...
Therapy: Hyperbaric Oxygen as the Only Effective Treatment in Mutilating and Resistant Systemic Vasculitis.
Abstract: A forty year old man was seen in 1984 with a four year history of a painful vasculitis that responded transiently to plasma exchange. Diagnosis was revised to atypical pyoderma gangrenosum with further temporary benefit from lamprene and...
Topical hyperbaric oxygen and low energy laser therapy for chronic diabetic foot ulcers resistant to conventional treatment.
Abstract: Chronic foot ulcers are common in long-standing diabetes, may herald severe complications and are often resistant to therapy. To evaluate the effects of adjunctive topical hyperbaric oxygen treatment (THBO) and low energy laser (LEL)...
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Charcot described amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in 1874. Despite progress, this creeping paralysis, known colloquially as Lou Gehrig's disease, is still not visibly affected by available therapies. However, advances in genetics have...
Impulse magnetic-field therapy for migraine and other headaches: a double-blind, placebo-controlled study
Abstract This double-blind, placebo-controlled study assessed the efficacy of 4 weeks of impulse magnetic-field therapy (16 Hz, 5 microTs), delivered through a small device, for different types of headache and migraine. Eighty-two patients were...
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy given 30 minutes after spinal cord ischemia attenuates selective motor neuron death in rabbits.
Abstract: Spinal cord ischemia sometimes causes paraplegia because the spinal motor neuron cells are vulnerable to ischemia. Although various protective remedies for spinal cord injury have been reported, there have been few established clinical...
[Fournier’s gangrene: remarks on two clinical cases].
Abstract: Fournier's gangrene is a genital and perineal necrotizing fascitiis with a rapid evolution. It's an affection caused by aerobic and anaerobic micro-organisms, eventually associated with a superinfection by micetes. It has characterised by...
[Fournier’s gangrene: remarks on two clinical cases].
Abstract: Fournier's gangrene is a genital and perineal necrotizing fascitiis with a rapid evolution. It's an affection caused by aerobic and anaerobic micro-organisms, eventually associated with a superinfection by micetes. It has characterised by...