Abstract:
Fifty patients with chronic diabetic foot ulcers in whom conventional therapy had failed were treated with topical hyperbaric oxygen alone (15 patients) or in combination with a low energy laser (35 patients). Eleven of these patients were treated on an ambulatory basis with topical hyperbaric oxygen. The mean time the ulcer was present before therapy was 9+/-6.6 months. The mean number of treatments was 25+/-13, and the mean duration of therapy was 3+/-1.8 months. Forty-three of the 50 patients were cured. No adverse reactions were noted. Our impression is that topical hyperbaric oxygen alone or in combination with a low power laser are valuable adjuvants to conventional therapy for diabetic foot ulcers.
Landau, , , , , , , , (1998). Topical hyperbaric oxygen and low energy laser for the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers. Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery, 1998 ;117(3):156-8. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9521521