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Case Report Diving Hyperb Med 2024

Hyperbaric oxygen treatment in bilateral orchiopexy and post-circumcision haematoma in a thrombocytopenic patient with Noonan syndrome

Dereli D, Çakiroğlu S, Köse A, Tokar B — Diving Hyperb Med, 2024

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Summary

What Researchers Did

Doctors in Turkey reported the case of a 17-month-old boy with Noonan syndrome and low platelets (thrombocytopenic purpura) who developed scrotal and penile tissue death after routine surgery, and was treated with HBOT.

What They Found

After bilateral orchiopexy and circumcision, the infant developed a haematoma and signs of tissue ischaemia (dying tissue) by the second day post-surgery. HBOT was started alongside blood thinners and plasma transfusions. Rapid healing was observed within 5 days, with no tissue loss documented.

Canadian Relevance

No direct Canadian connection identified.

Study Limitations

This is a single paediatric case report describing an extremely rare situation, so no generalizable conclusions about HBOT in infants with surgical wound complications can be drawn.

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Study Details

Study Type Case Report
Category Wound Care
Source Pubmed
PubMed ID 38870956
Year Published 2024
Journal Diving Hyperb Med
MeSH Terms Humans; Male; Hyperbaric Oxygenation; Hematoma; Circumcision, Male; Noonan Syndrome; Infant; Orchiopexy; Cryptorchidism; Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic; Scrotum; Penile Diseases; Postoperative Complications; Enoxaparin; Plasma; Edema

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