Topical hyperbaric oxygen and low energy laser for the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers

Z. Landau

American Orthopedic Trauma Surgery - 1998-117:156-158

Abstract
Fifty patients with chronic diabetic foot ulcers in whom conventional therapy had failed were treated with topical hyperbaric oxygen alone (15 patients) or in combination with a low energy laser (35 patients). Eleven of these patients were treated on an ambulatory basis with topical hyperbaric oxygen. The mean time the ulcer was present before therapy was 9 ± 6.6 months. The mean number of treatments was 25 ± 13, and the mean duration of therapy was 3± 1.8 months. Forty-three of the 50 patients were cured. No adverse reactions were noted. Our impression wis that topical hyperbaric oxygen alone or in combination with a low power laser are valuable adjuyants to conventional therapy for diabetic foot ulcers.