by HBOT News | Nov 5, 2002 | Cancer
Abstract: If the colon cannot be used for reconstruction after total esophago-gastrectomy, alternatives have to be sought. From 1990 to 2001, retrosternal jejunum loop interposition was performed in 35 patients (male/female: 29:6; mean age 59.2, range 16-83 years) due...
by HBOT News | Aug 9, 2001 | Carcinoma
Abstract: Reactive oxygen species (ROS)-mediated damage to DNA is associated with induction of stress-activated protein kinases leading to secondary and tertiary effects on the nuclear matrix, cytoplasmic transport mechanisms, and altered mitochondrial and cell...
by HBOT News | May 6, 1999 | Peripheral Neuropathy
Abstract: Cauda equine syndrome is a rare neurological complication associated with subarachnoid anesthesia, and particularly with the use of 5% hyperbaric lidocaine and small gauge catheters. Our aim was to study a possible anatomical factor that might impede...
by HBOT News | Sep 10, 1998 | Chronic Heart Failure
Abstract: We hypothesized that ex vivo hyperbaric transfection of antisense oligodeoxynucleotides for blockade of intercellular adhesion molecule-1, an important mediator of cell adhesion and T-cell co-stimulation, would reduce chronic graft vascular disease in...
by HBOT News | Jan 1, 1989 | Burns
Abstract: Standardized burns without experimental infection and such with infection by a constant number of bacteria of a fixed Pseudomonas-aeruginosa-strain were treated differently. Silver sulfadiazine- and Cefsulodin-cream, Polyvidon-iodine-ointment (PVP-Jod), and...