by HBOT News | Dec 10, 1999 | Spinal Cord Injuries
Abstract: Acute spinal cord ischemic injury after resection of thoracoabdominal aneurysm remains a relatively common and potentially devastating complication. The complete resolution of postoperative paraplegia after resection of a type II thoracoabdominal aneurysm,...
by HBOT News | Nov 27, 1999 | Chronic Heart Failure
Abstract: The aim of this work was to investigate in the rat the protective effect of an oral administration (one week) of Panax ginseng (PG) extract (10 mg/ml in drinking water; 1.6 g/kg/day) on myocardial post-ischemic damage induced by hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) and...
by HBOT News | Jan 23, 1999 | Cancer
Abstract: Radiation therapy has been used successfully to treat pelvic malignancy but morbidity from hemorrhagic cystitis remains a major long-term sequela in 1 to 2% of patients. Obliterative endarteritis secondary to ionizing radiation leads to tissue hypoxia and...
by HBOT News | Dec 23, 1998 | Peripheral Neuropathy
Abstract: We report a case of repeated delayed pain after cystoscopy under spinal lidocaine anaesthesia, which may be caused by transient radicular irritation. The possible aetiology of the symptoms is discussed. Panadero, Monedero, Fernandez-Liesa, Percaz, Olavide,...
by HBOT News | Oct 3, 1998 | Myeloma
Abstract: Haemorrhagic cystitis is a common and often debilitating complication of chemotherapy for which treatment is frequently unsatisfactory. With over 80 cases reported of radiation-induced cystitis treated successfully with hyperbaric oxygen, attention is now...
