Abstract: Chronic radiation cystitis and radiation proctitis are known complications of the use of radiotherapy in the treatment of pelvic malignancies. These complications are, in part, due to endothelial damage and decreased vascularity and oxygenation to pelvic...
Chronic Wounds
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) Research for Chronic Wounds.
Hyperbaric oxygen in the management of chronic wounds.
Abstract: This article reviews the role that hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) plays in the field of wound healing. HBOT, although not seen as a common method of wound management in the UK, can perhaps offer another avenue to managing recalcitrant wounds. In order for...
TCOMs as a screening tool for hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
Abstract: Transcutaneous oximetry (TcPO2), often referred to as TCOM, is a noninvasive measurement of oxygen tension in the tissue via a heated electrode. TCOMs can be used prior to beginning hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) treatment to determine if the patient has adequate...
Pulmonary barotrauma-induced cerebral arterial gas embolism with spontaneous recovery: commentary on the rationale for therapeutic compression.
Abstract: Pulmonary barotrauma-induced cerebral arterial gas embolism (CAGE) continues to complicate compressed gas diving activities. Inadequate lung ventilation secondary to inadvertent breath holding or rapid buoyant ascent can quickly generate a critical state of...
Effect of NASA light-emitting diode irradiation on wound healing.
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) and near-infrared light therapy on wound healing. Light-emitting diodes (LED), originally developed for NASA plant growth experiments in space show promise for delivering light...
Hyperbaric oxygen in the treatment of calciphylaxis: a case series.
Abstract: Calciphylaxis, also referred to as calcific uraemic arteriolopathy, is a syndrome associated with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), and causes necrotic skin ulcers, often leading to a fatal outcome. Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO(2)) therapy has been used to enhance...
Post-traumatic reflex sympathetic dystrophy in the ankle and foot: a study of 32 cases.
Abstract: The etiopathogenesis of reflex sympathetic dystrophy is still undefined, and diagnosis and treatment are difficult. It is the purpose of this study to propose precise diagnostic and therapeutic criteria for post-traumatic reflex sympathetic dystrophy of the...
Review article: current therapeutic options for radiation proctopathy.
Abstract: Radiation proctopathy is a common unfortunate complication following radiation therapy of pelvic malignancies. Symptoms of chronic radiation proctopathy include haematochezia, urgency, constipation, tenesmus, diarrhoea and rectal pain. Currently, a wide...
[Hyperbaric oxygen therapy in trauma surgery].
Abstract: Hyperbaric oxygenation is achieved when a patient breathes 100 percent oxygen in an environment of elevated atmospheric pressure. Physiologically, this produces a directly proportional increase in the plasma volume fraction of transported oxygen which is...