Non-healing wounds and hyperbaric oxygen: A growing awareness

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 498-500

  Melamed, Yehuda ^a,c   Bitterman, Haim ^b,c  

^a Elisha Hospital   (Israel)

^b CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy; Non healing wounds

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; OXYGEN;

BAROTRAUMA; CHRONIC WOUND; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; HYPEROXIA; HYPOXEMIA; INFECTION CONTROL; ISRAEL; LIMB AMPUTATION; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVALENCE; SKIN GRAFT; TISSUE OXYGENATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; WOUND CARE; WOUND HEALING;

ANOXIA; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; SKIN ULCER; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 70350599321     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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