What Researchers Did
Researchers reported on their three-year experience using thrombolytic treatment for 31 patients with blocked blood vessels in their lower legs.
What They Found
They successfully treated two-thirds of the 31 patients. The study also looked at the advantages and disadvantages of different ways to give antithrombotic therapy and suggested that using hyperbaric oxygen at the same time is a reasonable treatment.
Canadian Relevance
No direct Canadian connection identified.
Study Limitations
This study is from 1992, involved a small number of patients (31), and provides very limited details on the specific hyperbaric oxygen therapy protocols used.