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Applications of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in Plastic Surgery

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Handbook on Hyperbaric Medicine

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Plastic surgery is a broad specialty encompassing a variety of areas including the treatment of traumatic soft tissue injury, burn care, hand surgery, microsurgery and limb replantation, problem wound management, flap reconstruction, cosmetic surgery, and congenital deformity. In recent years an emphasis on less anecdotal and more scientific research has provided a better understanding of the role of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) for many plastic surgical conditions. Patient selection remains the key to successful outcome. The rationale for HBO treatment of a specific plastic surgery problem should be based on scientific research if possible. If supportive research is not available or applicable to a specific case, then the decision to treat should be based on sound physiological principles. The purpose of this chapter is to familiarize the reader with several of the more common plastic surgery problems and to review the appropriate use of HBO for each condition based on a current knowledge of the literature and the author’s experience.

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  1. Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Las Vegas, Nevada, 89102, USA

    W. A. Zamboni

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  1. Anaesthesia, Intensive and Hyperbaric Care Department, Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Via Riccardo Galeazzi 4, 20161, Milano, Italy

    G. Oriani

  2. Divers Alert Network Europe, Via Puglie 82, 64026, Roseto degli Abruzzi, Italy

    A. Marroni

  3. Service de Réanimation Mèdicale et de Médicine Hyperbare, Hôpital Albert Calmette, Blvd. du Prof. Leclercq, 59037, Lille Cedex, France

    F. Wattel

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Zamboni, W.A. (1996). Applications of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in Plastic Surgery. In: Oriani, G., Marroni, A., Wattel, F. (eds) Handbook on Hyperbaric Medicine. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2198-3_14

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