Review Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] 1998

Treatment of radiation proctitis with hyperbaric oxygen: what is the optimal number of HBO treatments?

Carl UM, Peusch-Dreyer D, Frieling T, Schmitt G, Hartmann KA — Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al], 1998

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Summary

What Researchers Did

Researchers reviewed existing literature on hyperbaric oxygenation (HBO) for radiation proctitis and treated two patients with the condition.

What They Found

One patient showed significant improvement after 40 HBO sessions, while the other patient experienced no subjective change after 38 treatments. The literature review indicated that successful HBO treatment for radiation proctitis typically requires 12 to 90 sessions.

Canadian Relevance

This study has no direct Canadian connection.

Study Limitations

A significant limitation of this study is the extremely small sample size of only two patients.

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Study Details

Study Type	Review
Category	Radiation Injury
Source	Pubmed
PubMed ID	9765691
Year Published	1998
Journal	Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al]
MeSH Terms	Aged; Female; Humans; Hyperbaric Oxygenation; Male; Proctitis; Radiotherapy

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