As part of its comprehensive services, select patients may benefit from hyperbaric oxygen therapy, in which the patient is enclosed in a pressurized chamber. Within the hyperbaric chamber, the patient breathes 100 percent oxygen, with increased atmospheric pressure that causes oxygen to dissolve in the blood.
The dissolved oxygen circulates easily throughout the body and stimulates damaged tissues to heal, red blood cells to grow and white bloods cells to fight infection.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is available for the following conditions:
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Acute arterial insufficiency, or sudden loss of blood flow to an artery due to a spasm, clot, plaques or other problem
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Osteomyelitis, an infection of the bone often caused by a staph bacteria
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Necrotizing infection, severe forms of cellulitis characterized by death of infected tissue
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Preparation for and preservation of skin grafts and flaps
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Diabetic wounds of the legs
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Radiation tissue damage.