6/20/19 // 1 min read
Skin flap surgery is a reconstructive process involving the partial detachment and repositioning of healthy tissue from donor to recipient site to cover a nearby wound.
5/23/19 // 2 min read
Following your doctor's guidance for proper care, checking for signs of infection, and utilizing HBOT can assist healing following skin graft surgery.
5/09/19 // 2 min read
Symptoms of a post-skin graft surgery infection include fever, pain, swelling and redness at the wound site, or loss of limb movement.
4/18/19 // 2 min read
Skin graft complications can include bleeding, infection at the donor or recipient sites, limitations in limb movement, and more, all of which can be alleviated through the use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy following the procedure.
3/27/19 // 1 min read
A skin flap transplants tissue from a donor to recipient site on the body, while retaining its original blood supply. This surgical procedure is often used in reconstructive surgery to repair wounds.
1/30/19 // 2 min read
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy has demonstrated significant benefits in the salvage of compromised skin grafts and flaps, such as increasing circulation and oxygenation, creating new blood vessels, stimulating fibroblasts, enhancing white blood cells, and over time, lessening irradiated tissue damage.
11/18/15 // 3 min read
Diabetes is a growing epidemic, creating non-healing wounds. Prevention is key, but risks of amputation remain. HBOT heals diabetic wounds & saves lives.
4/14/15 // 1 min read
HMS opens Manhattan HBOT location, the first free-standing, non-hospital based HBOT site dedicated to hard chamber hyperbaric oxygen therapy in the area.
