by HBOT News | Nov 21, 2017 | Diabetic Foot Ulcers
Abstract: Background/aim: Intralesional recombinant epidermal growth factor (EGF) is a new treatment approach for diabetic foot ulcer, approved in 2006. EGF therapy is given as an adjunct to the standard treatment regimen of antibiotics, surgery, and hyperbaric...
by HBOT News | Nov 15, 2017 | Stroke, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
There has been no major advancement in a quarter of a century for the treatment of acute severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). This review summarizes 40 years of clinical and pre-clinical research on the treatment of acute TBI with hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO2) in the context of an impending National Institute of Neurologic Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)-funded, multicenter, randomized, adaptive Phase II clinical trial – the Hyperbaric Oxygen Brain Injury Treatment (HOBIT) trial. Thirty studies (8 clinical and 22 pre-clinical) that administered HBO2 within 30 days of a TBI were identified from PubMed searches. The pre-clinical studies consistently reported positive treatment effects across a variety of outcome measures with almost no safety concerns, thus providing strong proof-of-concept evidence for treating severe TBI in the acute setting.
by HBOT News | Nov 14, 2017 | Diabetic Foot Ulcers
Abstract: Mutluoglu, Ercengiz, Yazici Mutlu, Memis (2017). The sausage toe as a sign of diabetic foot osteomyelitis. International wound journal, 2017...
by HBOT News | Nov 14, 2017 | Diabetic Foot Ulcers
Abstract: Interventions that can heal or reduce diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) size may reduce the incidence of infection and amputation, and reduce associated social and economic costs. Many chronic wounds exhibit a degree of hypoxia and this leads to a reduction in...
by HBOT News | Nov 11, 2017 | Cancer
Abstract: Sultan, Hanna, Margalit, Chau, Goguen, Marty, Rabinowits, Schoenfeld, (2017). The Use of Hyperbaric Oxygen for the Prevention and Management of Osteoradionecrosis of the Jaw: A Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center Multidisciplinary...