Indications for Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment

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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