Common causes for non‐healing of diabetic foot ulcers are infection and/or ischaemia.
Diabetic patients are compromised hosts as far as wound healing is concerned. Diabetes …

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy as an adjunct therapeutic modality for chronic wounds has been
used for some 50 years. Here, the authors present a review of the basic science of …

This Consensus Conference, organized on 4–5 December 1998 in London by the European
Committee for Hyperbaric Medicine (ECHM), aimed to create an objective and complete …

Methods A single-center, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial in which 88
diabetic patients with foot ulcers of more than 3 months' duration were randomized to HBO …

An introduction is presented which discusses various topics including treatment of diabetic
foot ulcers (DFUs) with adjunctive hyperbaric oxygen (HBO2), relationship between …

Background: The cause of diabetic foot ulcers is multifactorial, eg, neuropathy and
angiopathy, leading to functional disturbances in the macrocirculation and skin …

Introduction: Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) involves the inhalation of 100 percent
oxygen at pressures greater than at sea level. One of the most common indications for HBOT …

Purpose The efficacy and safety profile of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) in patients with
diabetic foot ulcer have been controversial in recent years. Our meta-analysis was …

Diabetic foot ulcers are still extremely difficult to heal. Therefore, therapeutic options to
improve healing rates are continuously being explored. Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) has been …

Background Diabetic limb ulcers are highly prevalent and contribute to a significant increase
in cost for the treatment of these patients in health services. However, healing of these …