Hyperbaric oxygen and wound healing

Hyperbaric oxygen and wound healing

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is the use of 100% oxygen at pressures greater than atmospheric pressure. Today several approved applications and indications exist for HBOT. HBOT has been successfully used as adjunctive therapy for wound healing. Non-healing wounds such as diabetic and vascular ins...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sourabh Bhutani, Guruswamy Vishwanath
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2012-05-01
Series:Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery
Subjects:
air embolism
compartment syndrome
crush syndrome
decompression sickness
diabetes mellitus
diabetic foot
gas gangrene
hyperbaric medicine
hyperbaric oxygen therapy
hyperbaric oxygenation
necrotising fasciitis
osteomyelitis
osteoradionecrosis
radiation injuries
radiation necrosis
reperfusion injury
soft tissue infections
surgical fl aps
transcutaneous oximetry
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0970-0358.101309

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