Veterinary HBOT - Surgical & Non Surgical therapies

Veterinary (VHBOT – veterinary hyperbaric oxygen therapy)  treatment  benefit the post-operative veterinary patient greatly. Immediate results include the reduction of tissue swelling and inflammation - and the decrease in pain associated with these processes.

Examples of surgical procedures that have shown clinical benefit from Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy include:

•  Gastric dilation and volvulus, and the associated reperfusion injuries

•  Fracture repair, especially open fractures or those involving malunion or nonunion

•  Amputations

•  Gastrointestinal resection and anastamosis, especially post-foreign body obstruction

•  Skin grafts

•  Hemilaminectomy

•  Ear canal ablation

Early HBOT greatly improves the prognosis for many acute conditions and decreases the likelihood of their becoming chronic problems. Some examples of these conditions include:

1)  Wounds - especially degloving, necrotic, and non-healing wounds

2)  Osteomyelitis

3)  Neuropathies - including nonsurgical intervertebral disc disease and limb paralysis/paresis

4)  Necrotizing pancreatitis

5)  Burns and smoke inhalation

6)  Crush injuries

7)  Head and spinal cord trauma

8)  Peritonitis

9)  Otitis - especially involving pseudomonas as HBOT breaks down the organism’s defenses and greatly increases drug penetration

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy & wound healing:

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy produces a directly proportional increase in the plasma volume fraction of transported oxygen and delivery to the injured tissues. With increased cellular and muscle pO2, the tissues become saturated with oxygen, assisting the healing process.

Hyperoxygenation allows for reversal of localized tissue hypoxia, which may be secondary to ischemia or other factors of the compromised, non-healing wound site. For the hypoxic wound, HBOT corrects the pathophysiology related to oxygen deficiency and impaired wound healing.

The failure of wound healing often is due to persistent infection, malperfusion and hypoxia, cellular failure, unrelieved pressure or recurrent trauma.

The key factor in HBOT's enhancement of the hypoxic wound environment is its ability to establish adequate oxygen availability within the vascularized connective tissue compartment that surrounds the wound.

Neutrophils, fibroblasts, macrophages and osteoclasts all depend on an oxygen-sufficient environment to adequately promote healing. Proper wound healing is promoted with "improved leukocyte function of bacterial killing, antibiotic potentiation and enhanced collagen synthesis," which occurs during periods of increased tissue pO2.

Action: The increased oxygen tension in tissues supports physiologic wound healing, decreasing edema, enhances oxidative killing of bacteria, increasing cellular energy production, antibiotic potentiation, neoangionenesis promotion, enhanced epithelial migration, improved collagen production and granulation-tissue formulation.

Benefits: When used as an adjunct treatment of modality can significantly improve morbidity and mortality, reduce length of hospital stay, reduces the need for surgical interventions, lessen the need for surgery or amputations, reduces treatments costs, improves quality of life…

Veterinary Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (VHBOT) is an important adjunct tool in veterinary medicine. VHBOT provides endless healing possibilities, whether treating a canine, feline, family pet or an exotic animal species.

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