How do you incorporate hyperbaric oxygen therapy into the care of patients with wounds related to ischemic ulcerations?

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is intended to improve local tissue hypoxia in non-healing ulcers. Evidence for its use remains limited, primarily consisting of case reports and small case series. Most documented cases involve lower-extremity ulcers, often related to macrovascular disease. For digi...

I personally have not recommended hyperbaric oxygen treatment for patients with traditional systemic sclerosis-related ischemic ulcerations. I will consider it if patients have a wound that may be of mixed etiology, such as a LE wound in someone with scleroderma (small vessel disease) and PAD or dia...

Hypoxic wounds an do well with this and it's also helpful for vascular occlusion related to filler injections!