HBOT News & Research
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) is increasingly appearing in the news and new research as a treatment for a variety of conditions involving inflammation. Use the search or select an article below to keep up to date on the most recent HBOT News.
Recent Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) News
Cutaneous zygomycosis.
Abstract: The prevalence of cutaneous and soft tissue zygomycosis appears to have increased in recent years. We reviewed 78 case reports of cutaneous zygomycosis published from 2004 through 2008. Most patients with cutaneous zygomycosis have...
[Elective indication for hyperbaric oxygen therapy].
Abstract: Creation of an hyperbaric medical center in Geneva allows development of elective indications of hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Physiologics effects of hyperbaric oxygen are well known, but credibles clinicals trials lacks. Frequents...
[Septic shock in a patient with the Fournièr gangrene with fatal outcome].
Abstract: The authors present a case of a patient with developed Fournièr gangrene and septic shock. Fournièr gangrene belongs to the group of local non-specific infection of soft tissues (NSTI). Its incidence is relatively low, but the infection...
[Teeth and irradiation: dental care and treatment of osteoradionecrosis after irradiation in head and neck cancer].
Abstract: Pre-irradiation dental care depends on teeth health, fields and dose of irradiation, compliance to fluorides, cessation of tobacco and psychosocial cofactors. Dental care aims at preventing complications and preserving the quality of life...
[Hyperbaric Oxygenation – utility in intensive therapy – part 1].
Abstract: Hyperbaric Oxygenation (HBO) is a medical treatment, in which a patient breathes 100 % oxygen inside a treatment chamber at a pressure higher than at sea level. The indication for HBO has to be considered whenever gas bubbles present in...
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy in the management of radiation-induced injury in the head and neck region: a review of the literature.
Abstract: Radiotherapy is generally used in the treatment of malignant tumors in the head and neck region. It causes a hypoxic, hypocellular, and hypovascular environment that leads to injury to surrounding normal tissue, both acute and chronic,...
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy in the management of radiation-induced injury in the head and neck region: a review of the literature.
Abstract: Radiotherapy is generally used in the treatment of malignant tumors in the head and neck region. It causes a hypoxic, hypocellular, and hypovascular environment that leads to injury to surrounding normal tissue, both acute and chronic,...
Bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaw in cancer patients and hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
Abstract: Erkan, Bilgi, Mutluoğlu, Uzun, , , , , (2009). Bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaw in cancer patients and hyperbaric oxygen therapy. JOP : Journal of the pancreas, 2009 Sep;10(5):579-80; author reply...
Diagnosis and management of necrotising fasciitis: a multiparametric approach.
Abstract: Necrotising fasciitis (NF) is situated with myositis and myonecrosis at the severe end of a spectrum of skin and soft tissue infections but is far removed from erisepelas, impetigo and cellulitis. Inexperienced clinicians are easily...