Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Is an Effective Adjunctive Therapy to Manage Treatment-Resistant Venous Leg Ulcers

Overview

Journal Ann Vasc Dis

Specialty Cardiology & Vascular Diseases

Date 2021 Oct 28

PMID 34707746

Citations 2

Authors

Kotaro Suehiro

Motoki Fujita

Noriyasu Morikage

Takasuke Harada

Makoto Samura

Ryo Suzuki

Hiroshi Kurazumi

Ryosuke Tsuruta

Kimikazu Hamano

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Abstract

We report five cases of venous leg ulcers (VLU) that were resistant to conservative therapy for 22-119 months and were eventually healed via hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT). In one patient, VLU recurred four times and was managed using HBOT, each time. The VLU sizes ranged from 18 to 68 cm before HBOT. HBOT was administered at 2.0 atmospheres absolute with 100% oxygen for 60 min per session, five sessions a week during hospitalization. All VLUs healed after 17-66 sessions of HBOT.

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