by HBOT News | Apr 25, 2018 | Wounds
Abstract: Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is effective for the medical treatment of diverse diseases, infections, and tissue injury. In fact, in recent years there is growing evidence on the beneficial effect of HBOT on non-healing ischemic wounds. However, there is...
by HBOT News | Apr 15, 2018 | Radiation
Abstract: To critically review and summarize existing literature assessing the effectiveness of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) for the treatment of radiation-induced urologic injury. Though 5 of the included 13 studies were published in the last 2-3 years, the only...
by HBOT News | Apr 6, 2018 | Wounds
Abstract: We present a case of a spongiosus-cutaneous fistula in a 39-year-old man with recurrent episodes of cutaneous abscess in dorsal middle third penis (5 – 3 cm) treated with Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT). After emptying nodular abscess, the patient was...
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 | Mar 11, 2018 | Bacterial Infections, Pseudomonas
Abstract: In chronic lung infections by Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) the bacteria thrive in biofilm structures protected from the immune system of the host and from antibiotic treatment. Increasing evidence suggests that the susceptibility of the bacteria to antibiotic...
