Vaskulárna medicína 2/2021

Contribution of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in complex treatment of diabetic foot

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is a treatment method during which the patient inhales pure oxygen in a pressurized chamber at higher pressure than the pressure of sea level 0.1 MPa. It is carried out in a multi-bed hyperbaric chamber, using air pressure compressor to 0.15 -0.30 MPa. The result of this process is increased level of physically dissolved oxygen in a blood plasma that penetrates into the tissue where capillary microcirculation is interrupted. There is no doubt that healing of diabetic leg defects is absolutely dependentant on local oxygen concentration. HBO in its essence is not only a valuable supplementary treatment method of diabetic ulcerations with chronic oxygen deficits in which the local oxygen tension is under the optimal level, but it is essential in healing the defect.

Keywords: hyperbaric oxygen therapy, diabetic foot.