Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) Research for Necrotizing Fasciitis
Abstract: Subcutaneous fat necrosis associated with pancreatic disease is a rare event. The clinical cutaneous findings are non-specific erythematous nodules with central softening located predominantly on the lower extremities. The histopathologic features of these...
Abstract: For more than thirty years hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) has been an important and ultimate therapeutic tool in special indications. Hyperbaric oxygen improves tissue oxygenation, stimulates important mechanisms in wound healing and exerts beneficial...
Abstract: To investigate the effect of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) treatment on tissue oxygen and carbon dioxide tensions in patients with necrotising fasciitis and healthy volunteers. Clinical study in patients and healthy controls. University hospital, Finland. 6...
Abstract: The dramatic course of necrotizing soft tissue infection represents a medical emergency, since it is limb- and life-threatening. Most necrotizing soft tissue infections are caused by mixed aerobic and anaerobic Gram-negative and Gram-positive organisms. Most...
Abstract: Ellis, , , , , , , , (2000). Hyperbaric oxygen can be effective in treating postpartum necrotizing fasciitis type I. The Journal of infection, 2000 May;40(3):292-4. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10908029
Abstract: To characterize patients with primary necrotizing fasciitis of the male genitalia (Fournier's gangrene) and to identify risk factors and prognostic variables of survival. Fifty consecutive patients with primary necrotizing fasciitis of the male genitalia...
Abstract: A case of synergistic necrotizing gangrenous fasciitis after spinal surgery is reported. To describe this unusual complication, explain the rationale of treatment, and increase awareness of this serious postoperative complication. Although several cases of...
Abstract: , , , , , , , , (1999). Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for wound healing--part II. Tecnologica. MAP supplement. Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. Medical Advisory Panel, 1999 Oct;():6-10. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10848083
Abstract: Although there is much consensus, certain controversies exist regarding the management of Fournier's gangrene. Publications in English on Fournier's gangrene from January 1950 to September 1999 were obtained through the Medline database and relevant...