ArticleInternational wound journal2017
Is hyperbaric oxygen therapy indispensable for saving mutilated hand injuries?
Article in International wound journal, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Adjunctive Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Severe Traumatic Limb Injuries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Pooled it
- Hyperbaric Oxygen for Lower Limb Trauma (HOLLT): an international multi-centre randomised clinical trial.Diving and hyperbaric medicine · 2022Trial
- Current Use of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in Plastic Surgery: A Systematic Review.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2026Article
- Case Report: Frostbite in the tropics: abdominal pedicled flap reconstruction to prevent the metacarpal hand.Frontiers in surgery · 2026Article
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- Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Soft Tissue Injury in Open Musculoskeletal Trauma: A Prospective Study.Cureus · 2023Article
- Effects of external bleeding and hyperbaric oxygen treatment on Tamai zone 1 replantation.Diving and hyperbaric medicine · 2023Article
- Effect of hyperbaric oxygenation on random rat skin flaps vascularization.Acta cirurgica brasileira · 2021Article
- A Perioperative Approach to Increase Limb Salvage When Treating Foot Ulcers in Patients With Diabetes.AORN journal · 2018Article
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Abstract
Mutilated hand injuries are a profound challenge to the plastic surgeon, and such injuries often lead to limb loss and severe functional impairment. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) appears to counteract tissue hypoxia and stimulate acute wound healing. This study was performed to evaluate the efficacy of HBOT as an adjunctive therapy in patients with a mutilated hand injury. Between January 2006 and December 2014, 45 patients with a mutilated hand injury were enrolled. After reconstruction or revascularisation, patients underwent 120 minutes of HBOT with oxygen at 2·5 atmospheres absolute while breathing 100% oxygen. Outcomes such as amputee survival and surgery-related complications were recorded. The patients were 38 men and 7 women with average age of 37·2 years (range 18-62). The mean defect area was 131·5 cm
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