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
Use of hyperbaric oxygen chamber in the management of radiation-related complications of the anorectal region: report of two cases and review of the literature.
Abstract: This article was undertaken to present two cases of nonhealing ulcers that occurred after primary radiation therapy and local excision of suspected residual or recurrent anal carcinomas. Both patients responded favorably to hyperbaric...
Use of hyperbaric oxygen chamber in the management of radiation-related complications of the anorectal region: report of two cases and review of the literature.
Abstract: This article was undertaken to present two cases of nonhealing ulcers that occurred after primary radiation therapy and local excision of suspected residual or recurrent anal carcinomas. Both patients responded favorably to hyperbaric...
Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy for acute traumatic cervical spinal cord injury.
Abstract: A retrospective study of spinal cord injury (SCI) treated with and without hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy. To report on the use of HBO in spinal cord injury. Neurosurgical Unit, Tokyo, Japan. Thirty-four cases of hyperextension spinal...
Enhancement of wound healing by hyperbaric oxygen and transforming growth factor beta3 in a new chronic wound model in aged rabbits.
Abstract: Although hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) has been used clinically for 3 decades, there have been few controlled clinical trials. Animal models have not been adequate to test the efficacy of HBO in the treatment of chronic wounds, either by itself...
Multimicrobial sepsis including Clostridium perfringens after chemoembolization of a single liver metastasis from common bile duct cancer.
Abstract: A 65-year-old woman underwent resection of a distal common bile duct carcinoma (Whipple's procedure). Twelve months later a single hepatic metastasis was detected and a chemoembolization was performed. Immediately after chemoembolization...
[Malignant brain tumor treatment and hyperbaric oxygenation].
Abstract: Kohshi, , , , , , , , (2000). [Malignant brain tumor treatment and hyperbaric oxygenation]. No shinkei geka. Neurological surgery, 2000 Sep;28(9):763-71. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11025875
[Severe lightning pain during spinal anesthesia in a patient with diabetic neuropathy].
Abstract: A 71-year-old woman with diabetic neuropathy who had undergone amputation of the right lower leg for diabetic gangrene 4 years previously, experienced severe lightning pain in both legs during spinal anesthesia. She was scheduled for skin...
A fatal case of pancreatic panniculitis presenting in a young patient with systemic lupus.
Abstract: Subcutaneous fat necrosis associated with pancreatic disease is a rare event. The clinical cutaneous findings are non-specific erythematous nodules with central softening located predominantly on the lower extremities. The histopathologic...
[Severe lightning pain during spinal anesthesia in a patient with diabetic neuropathy].
Abstract: A 71-year-old woman with diabetic neuropathy who had undergone amputation of the right lower leg for diabetic gangrene 4 years previously, experienced severe lightning pain in both legs during spinal anesthesia. She was scheduled for skin...