Orthopedics
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) can serve as a powerful adjunctive treatment supporting orthopedic cases. Poor vascularity (poor/disrupted blood supply), infection, large gaps at the fracture site, unfavourable mechanical circumstances (poor fracture stability/stabilisation) and loss of soft tissues all hinder fracture healing. HBOT can improve the outcome following bone fractures where delayed or non‐healing is likely. In animal studies, HBOT has been shown to improve both bone generation and the removal of dead or abnormal bone.
HBOT hyperoxygenates bone tissue, while also stimulating the release of osteoblasts and osteoclasts, stimulating the production of collagen, and is anti-fungal and bactericidal aiding in the treatment of osteomyelitis.
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- Increases plasma oxygen levels up to 1200%
- Reduces infection
- Decreases inflammation and swelling
- Downregulates cytokines (including TNF-alpha, IL-1, IL-6)
- Bactericidal to anaerobic and facultative anaerobic bacteria
- Anti-fungal
- Promotes angiogenesis
- Up to 800% increase in stem cells
- Enhances fibroblast and collagen synthesis
- Accelerates bone growth (stimulates osteoblasts, osteoclasts, and collagen)
