Is There an Association Between Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy and Improved Outcome of Deep Chemical Peeling? A Randomized Pilot Clinical Study

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT), Surgical Recovery

Phenol chemical peeling (PCP) treatment is associated with prolonged recovery and sustained adverse events. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is known to accelerate wound healing. The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the effect of HBOT on PCP recovery period and adverse events. This was a pilot randomized controlled clinical study. Women following PCP…

Treatment of post-anesthesia dementia with peri-spinal etanercept injection and hyperbaric oxygen therapy

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT), Surgical Recovery

This article reviews the first case of successful treatment for post-anesthesia dementia with peri-spinal etanercept injection combined with hyperbaric oxygen therapy. The patient was a 77-year-old Caucasian man of Mexican ethnicity who presented to clinic 4.5 years after a knee replacement surgery. Immediately post-surgery, the patient began to show dramatic cognitive, physical, and emotional impairment…

Treatment of post-anesthesia dementia with peri-spinal etanercept injection and hyperbaric oxygen therapy

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT), Surgical Recovery

This article reviews the first case of successful treatment for post-anesthesia dementia with peri-spinal etanercept injection combined with hyperbaric oxygen therapy. The patient was a 77-year-old Caucasian man of Mexican ethnicity who presented to clinic 4.5 years after a knee replacement surgery. Immediately post-surgery, the patient began to show dramatic cognitive, physical, and emotional impairment…

The Treatment of Perioperative Spinal Cord Injury With Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT), Surgical Recovery

This study describes a potential novel application of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) in the successful treatment of a postoperative spinal cord injury. A 68-year-old man presented with an acute spinal cord injury (ASIA impairment scale D), on the background of degenerative lower thoracic and lumbar canal stenosis. He underwent emergent decompression and instrumented fusion (T9–L5),…

The Effects of Hyperbaric Oxygen on Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Pilot Study

Arthritis, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT)

This case series pilot study assessed the effects of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO2) for treating rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Ten RA subjects received 30 HBO2 treatments over 6 to 10 weeks. Serial rheumatologic evaluations (ie, the Disease Activity Scale [DAS28], the Routine Assessment of Patient Index Data 3, and the Pain and Sleep Quality Questionnaire) were…