What are the benefits of hyperbaric wound care?

Hyperbaric medicine: There are several indications for hyperbaric treatments: some are scuba diving related, some are for rare medical conditions (aspergillosis, for example), and others are found illnesses that we see in a wound center like chronic refractory osteomyelitis, a wagner iii diabetic ulceration, or from specific complications of radiation. In all cases, the high oxygen helps raise the oxygen of the tissue.

Multiple benefits: Hyperbaric oxygen treatment can be used successfully as it improves oxygen perfusion to the wound. It decreases inflammation, enhanced bacterial killing by white blood cells, inhibits bacterial toxin production, and promotes increased epithelial cell formation.

Increase oxygen: Helps wounds of all kinds and reduces healing time by increasing aerobic conditions. Even though it is approved only for serious non-healing wounds, but if it can certainly heal the minor wounds faster.

Multiple: Hyperbaric oxygen wound care, becuz wounds are ischemic by nature, improves healing of wounds. It is a great adjunct to the appropriate wound care.

Team approach: Hyperbaric oxygen is an adjunctive treatment modality for chronic non-healing wounds along with frequent debridement, appropriate dressings, maybe antibiotics and possibly surgery. It enhances tissue oxygenation, enhances bacteria fighting cell function, decreases edema, creates new blood vessels and enhances certain antibiotic effectiveness. It's not however beneficial to all wounds.