by HBOT News | Jun 2, 2022 | Wound Heal, Wound News
Courtesy Image of David Rachels receiving HBOT David Rachels was critically injured in mid-March when he was riding his scooter to work and a Dodge Ram pickup truck ran a red light. Rachels was thankfully wearing a full-face motorcycle helmet, but he did sustain...
by HBOT News | Sep 22, 2018 | Cartilage Lesions
Abstract: The purpose of this experimental study was to investigate the effect of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO2) therapy combined with microfracture technique in the treatment of cartilage lesions. Adult Wistar rats (n=44) were divided into six groups. In Groups A, B, C and...
by HBOT News | Mar 20, 2018 | Bone Graft
Abstract: To determine the synergistic effect of parathyroid hormone (PTH) [1-34] in combination with hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) on bone graft in a rat calvarial bone defect model under impaired osteogenic conditions. Twenty-four rats were divided into three groups....
by HBOT News | Jun 7, 2017 | Chronic Wounds
Abstract: In maxillofacial surgery, hyperbaric oxygen treatment is used almost exclusively as adjunctive therapy for osteoradionecrosis of the mandible in irradiated patients. It also is used to prevent the occurrence of osteoradionecrosis in the irradiated patient...
by HBOT News | Sep 13, 2013 | Diabetic Foot Ulcers
Abstract: Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy has been used as an adjunctive therapy for diabetic foot ulcers, although its mechanism of action is not completely understood. Recently, it has been shown that HBO mobilizes the endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) from bone...
