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Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy and Quality of Life: A Systematic Review

AbstractObjective: Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) involves breathing pure oxygen in a high-pressure chamber. HBOT is a well established treatment for several diseases, such as serious infections, chronic diabetic foot ulcer, radiation injury, and hidradenitissuppurativa. There are various troublesome diseases that decrease pleasure in life in patients. HBOT has excellent effects in improv ing QOL in …

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Hyperbaric oxygen therapy accelerates osteoblast differentiation and promotes bone formation

Objectives: Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) has been used as an adjunctive therapy in the treatment of radiotherapy or bisphosphonate-induced osteonecrosis of the jaw however the effect of HBO on osteoblast formation and mineralisation has not been extensively studied.The current study therefore examined the effects of HBO, elevated pressure or elevated oxygen alone on osteoblast differentiation …

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Hyperbaric oxygen therapy ameliorates osteonecrosis in patients by modulating inflammation and oxidative stress

Early stages of avascular necrosis of the femoral head (AVNFH) can be conservatively treated with hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT). This study investigated how HBOT modulates inflammatory markers and reactiveoxygen species (ROS) in patients with AVNFH. Twenty-three male patients were treated with two cycles of HBOT, 30 sessions each with a 30 days break between cycles. …

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Hyperbaric oxygen therapy improves the effect of keloid surgery and radiotherapy by reducing the recurrence rate*

Abstract: Objective: Keloids are exuberant cutaneous scars that form due to abnormal growth of fibrous tissue fol lowing an injury. The primary aim of this study was to assess the efficacy and mechanism of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) to reduce the keloid recurrence rate after surgical excision and radiotherapy. Methods: (1) A total of 240 …

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The role of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in the treatment of sternal wound infection

SummarySternal wound dehiscence and infection are major problems for patients and health care providers. A range of risk factors, including diabetes, obesity and internal thoracic artery harvest, has been implicated. Several pathophysiological mechanisms, which may account for the development of infection, have been proposed. There is a growing body of evidence which suggests that sternal …

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Osteoclastic resorptive capacity is suppressed in patients receiving hyperbaric oxygen therapy

Background and purpose — Hypoxia, necrosis, and bone loss are hallmarks of many skeletal diseases. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) is often used as an adjunctive therapy in these cases. However the in vivo effect of HBO on osteoclast formation has not been fully established. We therefore carried out a longitudinal study to examine the effect …

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Hyperbaric oxygen therapy as additional treatment in deep sternal wound infections – a single center’s experience

AbstractIntroduction: Deep sternal wound infection (DSWI) is one of the most serious complications after cardiac surgery proce dures, observed in 5% of patients. Current standard medical therapy for DSWI includes antibiotics, surgical debridement, resuturing or negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT). Un fortunately, in some cases these methods are insufficient, and additional therapeutic options are needed. Aim: To …

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Role of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in the Treatment of Postoperative Organ/Space Sternal Surgical Site Infections

AbstractBackground A prospective trial was designed to evaluatethe effect of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy on organ/space sternal surgical site infections (SSIs) following car diac surgery that requires sternotomy.Methods A total of 32 patients who developed postop erative organ/space sternal SSI were enrolled in this study from 1999 through 2005. All patients were offered HBOtherapy. Group …

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Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for pediatric “hypospadias cripple”devaluating the advantages regarding graft take

SummaryIntroductionHypospadias cripple patients pose a major surgical chal lenge with high complication rates attributed mainly to graft contraction. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is an established treatment for compromised grafts and used extensively as a salvage therapy for compromised grafts and ischemic non-healing wounds.ObjectiveWe evaluated the graft-take rates in hypospadias cripple cases undergoing a staged tubularized …

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