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
Cancer vascularization: implications in radiotherapy?
Abstract: Although hypoxia is considered a major cause of failure of radiotherapy, the mechanisms of tumor hypoxia are unclear, and effective ways for its correction or targeting are missing. Tumoral vasculature is the vehicle for the hemoglobin to...
Free omental transfer for osteoradionecrosis of the mandible.
Abstract: Osteoradionecrosis (ORN) of the mandible can arise following therapeutic radiotherapy for head and neck cancer. The incidence is quoted as 10-15%. Conservative and surgical therapies used for ORN have included vascularized osteocutaneous...
[Manifestation of primary biliary cirrhosis and Basedow’s disease caused by exposure to carbon monoxide in a patient with HTLV-1 associated myelopathy].
Abstract: A 55-year-old woman with HTLV-1 associated myelopathy (HAM) was discovered in a rentan kotatsu (Japanese foot warmer with a frame and a coverlet by burning briquet) with conscious disorder and admitted to an emergency hospital. Her...
Hyperbaric oxygen reduces infarct volume in rats by increasing oxygen supply to the ischemic periphery.
Abstract: Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) increases oxygen supply to anoxic areas. To examine the therapeutic effect of HBO on ischemic stroke, we measured infarct volume as well as cerebral blood flow (CBF), oxygen supply, and lipid peroxidation in the...
Tissue gas tensions in patients with necrotising fasciitis and healthy controls during treatment with hyperbaric oxygen: a clinical study.
Abstract: To investigate the effect of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) treatment on tissue oxygen and carbon dioxide tensions in patients with necrotising fasciitis and healthy volunteers. Clinical study in patients and healthy controls. University...
[Hyperbaric oxygen therapy in retinal artery occlusion].
Abstract: Retinal artery occlusion (RAO) is an ophthalmological emergency that causes a major decrease of visual parameters in most of the cases. Purpose of this pilot study was to evaluate the effect of adjunctive hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO)...
Radiation-induced rhombencephalopathy.
Abstract: We report the case of a patient who underwent radiotherapy of the neck because of an epidermoid carcinoma in Rosenmuller's fossa. Eleven months later, T1-weighted brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a bulbo-pontine lesion, and...
[Hyperbaric oxygen as an adjunctive treatment for descending necrotizing mediastinitis: report of a case].
Abstract: We report a case of 59-year-old man of descending necrotizing mediastinitis (DNM) secondary to peritonsillar abscess. A 59-year-old man with diabetes mellitus was admitted to a local hospital because of cervical swelling related to a...
[Fournier’s gangrene. A study of 12 patients and a review].
Abstract: We present the clinicoepidemiological and therapeutic characteristics of 12 patients with Fournier's gangrene. The mean age of the patients was 66 years and all had a known predisposing factor for the disease. In all cases there was a...