Treating Surgical Recovery (pre/post) with Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is a powerful adjunctive tool to surgical recovery, administered pre and post surgery. Its ability to reduce swelling and inflammation, include all stages of wound healing, supersaturate surgical tissue with up to 1200% plasma oxygen, enhance stem cell mobilization to surgical tissue up to 800%, neovascularization to promote fast, prolonged healing, detoxify, enhance fibroblast/collagen production for healthy, flexible tissue, and powerful bactericidal effects to reduce infection post-surgically make HBOT a supportive modality for surgery.

The Role of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in the Treatment of Surgical Site Infections: A Narrative Review https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10145168/

“…Our review indicated that HBOT can result in rapid healing and epithelialization of various wounds and has potential beneficial effects in the treatment of SSIs or other similar infections following cardiac, neuromuscular scoliosis, coronary artery bypass, and urogenital surgeries. Moreover, it was a safe therapeutic procedure in most cases. The mechanisms related to the antimicrobial activity of HBOT include direct bactericidal effects through the formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), the immunomodulatory effect of HBOT that increase the antimicrobial effects of the immune system, and the synergistic effects of HBOT with antibiotics.”

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy facilitates surgery on complex open elbow injuries: preliminary results https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17507249