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

[Radiation injury of the spinal cord].

Abstract: The literature dealing with radiation myelopathy is reviewed. The following points are to be noticed:radiation myelopathy is a rare complication in the radiation therapy of extraspinal tumors, nevertheless the number of case reports is...

Hypoxic cell sensitisers in radiotherapy.

Abstract: Solid tumours contain poorly oxygenated cells, and these are disproportionately resistant to therapeutic radiation. Several methods of overcoming this problem have been used clinically, including the administration of hyperbaric oxygen...

Gas in the wound: what does it mean?

Abstract: Gas-forming infections on the surgical service are usually due to anaerobic microorganisms such as clostridia, peptostreptococci or bacteroides, or to one of the aerobic coliforms. Factors that predispose to the development of gas...