Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) Research for Chronic Wounds.
Abstract: The therapy for non-bacterial cysitides is often based on purely symptom-oriented measures which in many cases relieve the patient's symptoms but cannot stop the chronic progression of the disease. The present article summarises the most common forms of...
Abstract: The management of problem wounds by critical care nurses is a particular challenge in that their primary responsibilities revolve around emergent care and resuscitation of patients. However, with the identification of pressure wound development as a...
Abstract: HOT (Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy) is used in urological diseases: Scrotal/perineal fasciitis and Radiation-induced cystitis (and proctopathy); in urgency and frequency syndrome and with chronic pelvic pain the use of HOT is still experimental. The basic...
Abstract: to review the currently available therapeutic modalities for radiation retinopathy (RR), including newer investigational interventions directed towards specific aspects of the pathophysiology of this refractory complication. a review of the literature...
Abstract: To analyze if Vashe Wound Therapy (PuriCore, Malvern, Pennsylvania) is a valuable contribution to standard protocols of wound care. Open, noncomparative study. Outpatient clinic. Thirty-one patients, primarily with venous or mixed venous/arterial leg ulcers....
Abstract: Wound healing can result in the development of keloid scars that contain atypical fibroblasts and an overabundance of extracellular matrix components. Hyperbaric oxygenation (HBO) refers to exposure to pure oxygen under increased atmospheric pressure and is...
Abstract: Matrix metalloproteinease-9 (MMP-9) is involved in a host of processes. Many of its processes are physiologically beneficial as well as detrimental. The over-expression of this enzyme has been implicated as a contributory factor to some of the sequalae...
Abstract: Tissue repair at wound sites begins with clot formation, and subsequently platelet degranulation with the release of platelet growth factors, which are necessary and well-regulated processes to achieve wound healing. Platelet-derived growth factors are...
Abstract: Although the underlying molecular causes of aging are not entirely clear, hormetic agents like exercise, heat, and calorie restriction may generate a mild pro-oxidant stress that induces cell protective responses to promote healthy aging. As an individual...