Topical oxygen treatment relieves pain from hard-to-heal leg ulcers and improves healing: a case series.
J Wound Care
; 31(1): 4-11, 2022 Jan 02.
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| ID: mdl-35077209
ABSTRACT
Managing painful hard-to-heal leg ulcers is challenging with current therapeutic options. Wounds are prone to being hypoxic, and the subsequent pain is often related to hypoxia. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is used to treat hard-to-heal leg wounds by delivering 100% oxygen at a pressure 2-3 times higher than atmospheric pressure. Unfortunately, most patients cannot be offered HBOT because it is costly and needs to be applied at specialised centres. Therefore, topical continuous oxygen therapy (TCOT) is a novel alternative for continuous local oxygen delivery to wounds and is associated with improved wound healing; however, its effect on painful wounds is unknown. This retrospective study was conducted on 20 patients, of whom 17 had painful hard-to-heal leg ulcers. In 13 patients (76%) with painful ulcers, TCOT was associated with rapid and substantial pain alleviation. Also, eight (40%) of the patients' wounds healed entirely with TCOT. This study suggests that TCOT may represent a novel pain management device for hard-to-heal wounds.
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Oxigênio
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Úlcera da Perna
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Humans
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En
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J Wound Care
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ENFERMAGEM
Ano de publicação:
2022
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Article
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Suécia