Thermal Effects of Topical Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in Hard-to-Heal Wounds—A Pilot Study

Clinical studies have been performed to evaluate the thermal response of topical hyperbaric oxygen therapy (THBOT) in patients suffering from hard-to-heal wounds diagnosed as venous leg ulcers located on their lower extremities. It was found that this therapy leads to a temperature decrease in areas...

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Published in:International journal of environmental research and public health 2021-06, Vol.18 (13), p.6737
Main Authors: Kasprzyk-Kucewicz, Teresa, Cholewka, Armand, Englisz-Jurgielewicz, Beata, Mucha, Romualda, Relich, Michał, Kawecki, Marek, Sieroń, Karolina, Onak, Patrycja, Stanek, Agata
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Language:English
Subjects:
Compression therapy
Differentiation
Disease
Extremities
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy
Leg ulcers
Metabolism
Oxygen therapy
Patients
Temperature effects
Thermal imaging
Thermal response
Thermoregulation
Ulcers
Wound healing
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Summary:Clinical studies have been performed to evaluate the thermal response of topical hyperbaric oxygen therapy (THBOT) in patients suffering from hard-to-heal wounds diagnosed as venous leg ulcers located on their lower extremities. It was found that this therapy leads to a temperature decrease in areas around the wound. Moreover, a minor temperature differentiation between all areas was seen in the third period of topical hyperbaric oxygen therapy (THBOT) that may suggest that microcirculation and thermoregulation improvement start the healing process. On the other hand, the results of the conducted studies seem to prove that thermal imaging may provide a safe and effective method of analyzing wound healing of hard-to-heal wounds being treated with THBOT. This is the first study that tries to show the possibilities of a very new method by evaluating treatment of hard-to-heal wounds using thermal imaging, similar to the hyperbaric oxygen therapy effects evaluated by thermal imaging and described previously. However, the first clinical results showed a decrease in temperature due to the THBOT session and some qualitative similarities in the decrease in temperature differentiation between the studied areas and the temperature effects obtained due to hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
ISSN:1660-4601
1661-7827
1660-4601
DOI:10.3390/ijerph18136737