Improvement of ischemic non-healing wounds following hyperoxygenation: The experience at rambam-elisha hyperbaric center in Israel, 1998-2007

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 524-529

  Feldman Idov, Yulie ^a   Melamed, Yehuda ^b,c   Ore, Liora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b Elisha Hospital   (Israel)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Diabetic wound; Hyperbaric oxygenation; Ischemic wound; Non healing wound; Transcutaneous oximetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; ISCHEMIC NONHEALING WOUND; ISRAEL; LEG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXIMETRY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSCUTANEOUS OXIMETRY; WOUND ASSESSMENT; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BLOOD GAS MONITORING, TRANSCUTANEOUS; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; ISCHEMIA; ISRAEL; LEG ULCER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 80052994524     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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