UPDATES ON ADJUVANT TREATMENT OF CHRONIC LEG ULCERS USING OXYGEN THERAPY
Abstract:
Chronic ulcerations are an important cause for morbidity, with impact mainly on the elderly
population. In the present article we bring up the role of oxygen in curing ulcerations, by involving it in
all healing stages, respectively inflammation, proliferation and remodeling. The therapeutic options
existent for improving the local oxygenation are presented: therapy with hyperbaric oxygen (TOHB),
topical therapy with oxygen (TTO) and bandages which generate oxygen (OxyzymeTM); also, the results
of recent studies are synthesized, studies regarding the effect of these therapies with regard to the
improvement of the cure rate of chronic leg ulcers, with no tendency of cure based on classic treatments.
Taking into consideration the heavy evolution and the resistance to classic treatments of chronic
ulcerations, as well as high nursing costs, the devices that increase the oxygen concentration on
ulcerations can represent an adjuvant treatment against this pathology.
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