title: Hyperbaric oxygen for treatment of problem wounds.
abstract: Hyperbaric oxygen treatment has seen a resurgence of interest in recent years, with more academic medical centers building facilities and more physicians becoming board-certified in undersea and hyperbaric medicine.The reason for the growing interest is better understanding of the role of hypoxia in wound healing and an appreciation for the role of HBOT in reversing tissue hypoxia and enhancing the healing process.This has resulted in a number of new evidence-based indications for HBOT. This article describes the role of HBOT in wound healing and how it specifically applies to treatment of delayed radiation injury, one of the conditions for which it is commonly used.
authors: Hennepin County Medical Center, USA.
authors: Cheryl
authors: C
authors: Adkinson
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D017577:Cutaneous Fistula / Q000628:therapy; D004867:Equipment Design; D005402:Fistula / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D006931:Hyperbaric Oxygenation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010608:Pharyngeal Diseases / Q000628:therapy; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology*; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*