title: Topical hyperbaric oxygen and low energy laser for the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers.
abstract: Fifty patients with chronic diabetic foot ulcers in whom conventional therapy had failed were treated with topical hyperbaric oxygen alone (15 patients) or in combination with a low energy laser (35 patients). Eleven of these patients were treated on an ambulatory basis with topical hyperbaric oxygen. The mean time the ulcer was present before therapy was 9+/-6.6 months. The mean number of treatments was 25+/-13, and the mean duration of therapy was 3+/-1.8 months. Forty-three of the 50 patients were cured. No adverse reactions were noted. Our impression is that topical hyperbaric oxygen alone or in combination with a low power laser are valuable adjuvants to conventional therapy for diabetic foot ulcers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine B and Infectious Diseases Unit, Kaplan Hospital, Rehovot, Israel.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Landau
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D017719:Diabetic Foot / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006931:Hyperbaric Oxygenation; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014945:Wound Healing