Systematic Review Orthopedics 2018

Effectiveness of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for the Management of Chronic Osteomyelitis: A Systematic Review of the Literature.

Savvidou OD, Kaspiris A, Bolia IK, Chloros GD, Goumenos SD, Papagelopoulos PJ, et al. — Orthopedics, 2018

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Summary

What Researchers Did

Researchers conducted a systematic review to analyze the outcomes and complications of hyperbaric oxygen therapy for chronic osteomyelitis.

What They Found

Adjuvant hyperbaric oxygen was effective in 16 (80%) of 20 cohort studies and 19 (95%) of 20 case studies. Overall, 308 (73.5%) of 419 patients with complete data achieved a successful outcome with no reported relapse.

Canadian Relevance

This study does not have a direct Canadian connection.

Study Limitations

A limitation is that the systematic review qualitatively analyzed studies, which may reflect heterogeneity or varying quality among the included literature.

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Study Details

Study Type	Systematic Review
Category	Infection
Source	Pubmed
PubMed ID	30035798
Year Published	2018
Journal	Orthopedics
MeSH Terms	Anti-Bacterial Agents; Chronic Disease; Debridement; Humans; Hyperbaric Oxygenation; Osteomyelitis; Staphylococcal Infections; Staphylococcus aureus; Treatment Outcome

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