Clinical Study Postgraduate medicine 1977

Hyperbaric oxygen treatment of refractory osteomyelitis.

Bingham EL, Hart GB — Postgraduate medicine, 1977

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Summary

What Researchers Did

Researchers treated 70 patients suffering from refractory osteomyelitis with hyperbaric oxygen therapy.

What They Found

All 70 patients showed improvement after receiving hyperbaric oxygen treatment. Furthermore, 63% of these patients remained free of disease following the intervention.

Canadian Relevance

This study has no direct Canadian connection as it was not conducted in Canada nor involved Canadian participants.

Study Limitations

A significant limitation of this study is the absence of a control group, making it difficult to definitively attribute the observed improvements solely to hyperbaric oxygen treatment.

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Study Details

Study Type	Clinical Study
Category	Infection
Source	Pubmed
PubMed ID	866286
Year Published	1977
Journal	Postgraduate medicine
MeSH Terms	Adolescent; Adult; Humans; Hyperbaric Oxygenation; Middle Aged; Osteomyelitis

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