Effect of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Treatment of Delayed Wound Healing after Superficial Temporal Artery-Middle Cerebral Artery Bypass

Abstract

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) was used to treat 9 patients who had delayed wound healing, among 30 patients who underwent a superficial temporal artery-middle cerebral artery bypass from 2014 to 2015. Of these 9 patients, 1 patient was treated after irradiation for intracranial tumor, 1 patient underwent surgical removal of basal cell carcinoma from the contralateral head skin, and 4 patients were undergoing treatment for diabetes mellitus. HBO was performed at an absolute pressure of 2 atmospheres for 75 minutes, with 100% oxygen inhalation. The wounds of all patients successfully healed after 5 to 20 sessions of HBO. Therefore, HBO might be useful for treatment of wounds that fail to heal.