Indications for Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment

Hyperbaric Medical Center


Vascular Insufficiency
  • Enhancement of healing in diabetic foot wounds
  • Certain chronic non-healing wounds
  • Acute peripheral, arterial insufficiency
  • Pyoderma
  • Failed skin flaps and grafts
Effects of Radiation
  • Osteoradionecrosis
  • Soft tissue radio necrosis (cystitis, enteritis and proctitis)
Ischemia
  • Acute traumatic peripheral ischemia
  • Compartment syndrome
  • Crush injury
Infections
  • Chronic, refractory osteomyelitis
  • Subcutenaous necrotizing infections
  • Actinomycosis
  • Progressive bacterial gangrene
  • Crepitant anaerobic cellulitis
Acute Systemic
  • Carbon monoxide and cyanide poisoning
  • Decompression sickness
  • Burns
Research
  • Brain injuries - Spinal cord injuries
  • Lyme disease
  • Stroke
  • ADD
  • Autism
  • Acute brain injuries

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