Hyperbaric oxygen for a thalassaemic leg ulcer.
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A thalassaemic ulcer in a male Greek Cypriot patient, resistant to standard medical treatment, was treated using hyperbaric oxygen in a recompression chamber. The patient breathed 100% oxygen by face mask whilst the chamber was compressed with air to a pressure of 2.5 atmospheres absolute. The ulcer became fully epithelialised within three weeks of starting treatment.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps
دوره 133 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1987