Abstract: We describe a 53-year-old alcoholic man who presented with hip septic arthritis due to Bacteroides fragilis. This arthritis involved a severe destruction of the femoral head, which was completely devitalized. Recovery was achieved after 4 months of...
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) Research for Rheumatoid Arthritis
Pyoderma gangrenosum treated with hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
Abstract: The management of pyoderma gangrenosum often requires systemic drug therapy, such as corticosteroids, sulfones, or immunosuppressants, either alone or in combination. Inconsistent response to therapy is a source of frustration to both patient and physician....
[Hyperbaric oxygenation in the comprehensive therapy of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (clinico-immunologic study)].
Abstract: For 35 of 50 patients with rheumatoid arthritis traditional drug therapy was a minor success for a long time. Without any modifications of the drug therapy every patient went through a course of hyperbaric oxygenation (HBO): 21 sessions under 1.7 ata for 40...
[The role of hyperbaric oxygenation in the treatment of systemic diseases].
Abstract: Lukich, Kurakina, Poliakova, , , , , , (1991). [The role of hyperbaric oxygenation in the treatment of systemic diseases]. Klinicheskaia meditsina, 1991 Jul;69(7):15-20. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1682527
[Experience with the treatment of patients with ankylosing spondyloarthritis].
Abstract: Hyperbaric oxygenation (HBO) for ankylosing spondylarthritis was employed in Kuibyshev Medical Institute for 10 years. The response was registered in 94.4% ot 142 patients treated as shown by positive changes in external respiration, performance status,...
[Oxygen therapy of gonarthrosis deformans].
Abstract: In the article is presented the comparative estimate of the oxygen therapy methods in treatment of the deforming gonarthrosis. The new method of treatment is described, including 4-5 courses of hyperbaric oxygenation therapy at 1-1.5 atms during 50 min and...
Hyperbaric Oxygenation in the Comprehensive Therapy of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (Clinico-Immunologic Study)
Abstract: For 35 of 50 patients with rheumatoid arthritis traditional drug therapy was a minor success for a long time. Without any modifications of the drug therapy every patient went through a course of hyperbaric oxygenation (HBO): 21 sessions under 1.7 ata for 40...
[Changes in the parameters of external respiration in patients with Bechterew’s disease treated by hyperbaric oxygenation].
Abstract: The method of hyperbaric oxygenation (HBO) has been used in the treatment of the patients with Bechterew's disease at the Clinic of Traumatology, Orthopaedics and Field Surgery of the Kuibyshev Medical Institute since 1980. The changes in the values of the...
Treatment of chronic refractory osteomyelitis with adjunctive hyperbaric oxygen.
Abstract: Twenty-eight consecutive patients with chronic refractory osteomyelitis uncomplicated by persistent segmental bone defect, fracture nonunion, septic arthritis, total joint arthroplasty, or major systemic disease (immune deficiency, malignancy, diabetes...