Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBO)

An Additional Therapy for Healing

Sometimes your wounds will not respond to general wound care treatments alone.  For some patients, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBO) is an effective technology that supplements the other treatment methods used by physicians.  HBO therapy involves daily visits to the wound center for a period of approximately 3-4 weeks, then follow-up wound care to monitor healing progress.  During HBO therapy you are placed in a pressurized chamber where you breathe 100% oxygen.  This increases the presence of oxygen within the wound and thus aids in healing and growth of new tissue.

Diabetic wounds of the lower extremity

• Wounds that have not healed in several weeks
• Post-radiation tissue injury
• Diabetes-related foot and ankle ulcers
• Crush injuries
• Venous stasis or arterial insufficiency ulcers
• Wounds caused by poor circulation or trauma
• Compromised grafts and flaps
• Gangrene
• Pressure ulcers
• Necrotizing soft tissue infections
• Carbon monoxide poisoning

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