Abstract: Nearly 4% of all primary recompression treatments in Scotland employ saturation tables (helium/oxygen-oxygen/air or oxygen/air alone). These cases usually involve divers presenting at the surface who then develop deteriorating spinal cord injury with varying...
Spinal Cord Injuries
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) Research for Spinal Cord Injuries
Guiding principles in choosing a therapeutic table for DCI hyperbaric therapy.
Abstract: Hyperbaric therapy is the basis of treatment for pervasive development disorders. For this reason, the choice of the right therapeutic table for each case is critical. Above all, the delay in recompression time with respect to the first symptoms and to the...
Hyperbaric oxygen preconditioning attenuates early apoptosis after spinal cord ischemia in rats.
Abstract: This study tested the hypothesis that spinal cord ischemic tolerance induced by hyperbaric oxygen preconditioning (HBO-PC) is mediated by inhibition of early apoptosis. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were preconditioned with consecutive 4 cycles of 1-h HBO...
Risk factors and treatment outcome in scuba divers with spinal cord decompression sickness.
Abstract: This study was designed to determine the recompression strategy and the potential risk factors associated with the development of severe diving-related spinal cord decompression sickness (DCS). Sixty-three injured recreational divers (52 men and 11 women; 46...
MRI findings and clinical outcome in 45 divers with spinal cord decompression sickness.
Abstract: Decompression sickness (DCS) affecting the spinal cord is the most dangerous form of diving-related injury with potential sequelae. This study was conducted to evaluate the relationship between spinal cord lesions on MRI and clinical findings in divers with...
Inappropriate suggestion of benefit from hyperbaric oxygen for spinal cord injury.
Abstract: New, , , , , , , , (2008). Inappropriate suggestion of benefit from hyperbaric oxygen for spinal cord injury. Spinal cord, 2008 Dec;46(12):824. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18504450
Inhibition of x-irradiation-enhanced locomotor recovery after spinal cord injury by hyperbaric oxygen or the antioxidant nitroxide tempol.
Abstract: Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO), the nitroxide antioxidant tempol, and x-irradiation have been used to promote locomotor recovery in experimental models of spinal cord injury. The authors used x-irradiation of the injury site together with either HBO or tempol to...
[Brain and spinal cord preconditioning for the protection against ischemic injury].
Abstract: Recent studies have suggested that the brain preconditioning could induce tolerance to ischemia in humans. It has been believed that newly synthesized proteins are required for the acquisition of delayed tolerance in the brain and spinal cord. However, the...
Effects of methylprednisolone and hyperbaric oxygen on oxidative status after experimental spinal cord injury: a comparative study in rats.
Abstract: The effects of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy or methylprednisolone on the oxidative status were evaluated in experimental spinal cord injury. Clip compression method was used to produce acute spinal cord injury rats. Hyperbaric oxygen was administered...