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
Surgical and non-surgical treatment of cancer of the oesophagus and the oesophagogastric junction: results of 200 consecutive cases.
Abstract: 200 consecutive, unselected patients with cancer of the oesophagus or the oesophagogastric junction (89 squamous, 110 adenocarcinoma or undifferentiated, 1 oat cell) between 1984 and 1987 were reviewed. Resection with postoperative...
Massive air embolism complicating Nd-YAG laser endobronchial photoresection.
Abstract: A 63 year old male underwent 6,900 rads of external radiation for a squamous cell carcinoma of the left main bronchus. Recurrence of the tumor 8 months later was treated with 6,618 joules and patency of the left main bronchus was...
Successful hyperbaric oxygenation for radiation cystitis due to excessive irradiation to uterus cancer.
Abstract: Six female patients with radiation cystitis, induced by previous pelvic radiation to uterus cancer, were treated with hyperbaric oxygenation (30-35% of oxygen concentration at 2 atmospheric absolute pressures for 90-120 min daily from 20...
Fluosol and hyperbaric oxygen as an adjunct to radiation therapy in the treatment of malignant gliomas: a pilot study.
Abstract: Several clinical trials have been reported using Fluosol and oxygen breathing as an adjunct to radiation. Theoretical considerations and animal experiments, however, indicate that a combination of perfluorochemicals and hyperbaric oxygen...
The effect of two fractions of radiation, delivered in air or in hyperbaric oxygen, on the Fib/T tumour in WHT mice pretreated with a hypoxic gas mixture.
Abstract: The response of the Fib/T tumour to equal fractions of radiation, spaced by an interval of 24 hours, was determined in tumour-bearing mice that were pretreated either with 8% oxygen for 48 h or with air. An increase in tumour cell kill...
Preclinical evaluation of Oxygent as an adjunct to radiotherapy.
Abstract: These studies examine the potential value of a concentrated emulsion of perfluorooctylbromide (perflubron; Oxygent, Alliance Pharmaceutical Corp.) as an adjunct to radiotherapy. The effects of Oxygent on solid tumors were examined using...
Postoperative radiotherapy for malignant fibrous histiocytoma.
Abstract: Between 1974 and 1989, 49 patients with histologically confirmed malignant fibrous histiocytoma received postoperative radiotherapy at the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology for primary (41) or recurrent (8) disease. Median age of the...
[Effectiveness of combined spinal anesthesia].
Abstract: Combined spinal anesthesia with the use of hyperbaric solution of lignocaine at an average dose of (69.4 +/- 1.4) mg and morphine hydrochloride at a dose of 0.3 mg was used in 50 patients with II-IV degree anesthesiologic risk during...
[Role of hyperbaric oxygenation in the treatment of acute anaerobic infections].
Abstract: Hyperbaric oxygenation (HBO), as an adjuvant treatment in necrotizing soft tissues infections and in gas gangrene is reviewed, including its specific effects, experimental studies and clinical reports. With a global therapeutic...