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
Impact of Anemia in Patients With Head and Neck Cancer.
Abstract: Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, which is comprised of a heterogeneous group of tumors arising from the epithelial lining of the oral cavity, pharynx, and larynx, is a locoregional disease. Tumor hypoxia and anemia are known to...
Characteristics and outcome of children with carbon monoxide poisoning with and without smoke exposure referred for hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
Abstract: To describe the clinical characteristics and outcome of children with carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning with and without smoke exposure referred for hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT), and to determine the association between any of these...
Hyperbaric oxygenation induced tolerance against focal cerebral ischemia in mice is strain dependent.
Abstract: SV129 or C57BL/6 mice were exposed to hyperbaric oxygenation (HBO, 5 days, 1 h every day, 100% O(2) at 3 atm absolute). One day after the 5th HBO session focal cerebral ischemia was induced. In SV129 mice, HBO induced tolerance against...
AANA Journal course: transient neurologic symptoms and spinal anesthesia.
Abstract: A universal goal of anesthesia providers is to provide the safest, most effective anesthesia and analgesia for their patients. When reports emerge showing problems or complications with an agent or technique that previously was thought...
Outcome analysis in patients with primary necrotizing fasciitis of the male genitalia.
Abstract: To characterize patients with primary necrotizing fasciitis of the male genitalia (Fournier's gangrene) and to identify risk factors and prognostic variables of survival. Fifty consecutive patients with primary necrotizing fasciitis of...
Postoperative synergistic gangrene after spinal fusion.
Abstract: A case of synergistic necrotizing gangrenous fasciitis after spinal surgery is reported. To describe this unusual complication, explain the rationale of treatment, and increase awareness of this serious postoperative complication....
Review of severe osteoradionecrosis treated by surgery alone or surgery with postoperative hyperbaric oxygenation.
Abstract: We reviewed 41 patients with osteoradionecrosis of the mandible. Each patient was treated by radical resection followed by external beam irradiation. The diagnosis of infected osteoradionecrosis was confirmed clinically, radiologically,...
Effect of photodynamic therapy in a multimodal approach for advanced carcinoma of the gastro-esophageal junction.
Abstract: Background and Objective We wanted to determine the role of additional photodynamic therapy in a multimodal approach for the treatment of patients with advanced cancer of the gastro-esophageal junction. Study Design/Materials and Methods...
[Diabetic foot. Physiopathology, clinical aspects, and recent therapeutic approaches].
Abstract: Diabetic foot is a complication of diabetes mellitus occurring in 15% of patients that is of specific surgical interest. Over the past few years, preventive measures and the use of new therapeutic resources has reduced the number of...