Abstract: Optic neuropathy resulting in permanent visual loss is an infrequent delayed complication of radiation therapy. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) has been used to treat such a complication, but its efficacy is controversial. We report a patient who presented...
Abstract: Elevation of the mean arterial blood pressure to approximately 150 mmHg by infusion of angiotensin II (AT II) resulted in a selective increase of blood flow in tumor tissue. A concomitant increase in tumor oxygen tension was also observed, suggesting the...
Abstract: Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) promotes tissue healing by increasing oxygenation. Therefore, HBO therapy is clinically useful for some patients who have undergone major cancer resection and/or radiotherapy to the head and neck. For individual patients, however,...
Abstract: Titanium implants in facial bones for retention of epitheses or dental bridges were used for reconstruction in cancer patients after tumor surgery. Even heavily irradiated bones could integrate the implants and bear the load from the epithesis. No major...
Abstract: Four patients who had undergone combined surgical and radiotherapeutic treatment for maxillofacial cancer had osseointegrated titanium implants placed in the bone of the treated region at various intervals after irradiation. Preoperatively and...
Abstract: The reports deals with the principle and methods of making a two-stage diagnosis of laryngeal tumor evolved on the basis of the data on two calibrated groups of 250 patients each and a computer-supported procedure of mathematical analysis. Two programs for a...
Abstract: In acute and chronic experiments, each of eight groups of young mice were assigned separately to different pressures of oxygen to which it was to be exposed. Lymphocytes from spleen, thymus, and peripheral blood were analyzed following oxygen exposure....
Abstract: Between 1971 and 1992, 55 patients with grade 1 (G1) (n = 32) or grade 2 (G2) (n = 23) neuroendocrine bronchial carcinomas (males: 26, females: 29; mean age: 47.7 years, range: 13-77 years) were treated. The sexes were evenly distributed in the two groups....
Abstract: Anaerobic necrotizing soft tissue infections are known for their devastating effects of tissue destruction and death. These infections may occur as a result of trauma, surgical intervention or occur spontaneously in predisposed individuals. They are caused...
