Abstract | BACKGROUND/AIMS: METHODOLOGY: RESULTS: The overall resolution rates for patients receiving HBO therapy in cases of postoperative paralytic ileus and adhesive intestinal obstruction were 92% and 85%, respectively. Among patients who were more than 75 years old, the therapies resolved 35 (97%) of 36 cases of postoperative paralytic ileus and 42 (81%) of 52 cases of adhesive intestinal obstruction, which was comparable to the results for patients less than 75 years old. The mortality rate was 1.2% overall. Complications related to HBO therapy occurred in 3.8% of the admissions, and most of them were not serious. CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that HBO therapy might deserve further assessment for use in management of postoperative paralytic ileus and adhesive intestinal obstruction as a new modality. HBO therapy is safe and non-invasive, and may be useful in the elderly patients, since mortality was relatively low in this series.
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Authors | Satoshi Ambiru, Nobuaki Furuyama, Mitsuo Aono, Fumio Kimura, Hiroaki Shimizu, Hiroyuki Yoshidome, Masaru Miyazaki, Hideaki Shimada, Takenori Ochiai |
Journal | Hepato-gastroenterology
(Hepatogastroenterology)
2007 Oct-Nov
Vol. 54
Issue 79
Pg. 1925-9
ISSN: 0172-6390 [Print] Greece |
PMID | 18251130
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Digestive System Surgical Procedures
(adverse effects)
- Female
- Humans
- Hyperbaric Oxygenation
- Intestinal Obstruction
(therapy)
- Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction
(therapy)
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Postoperative Complications
(therapy)
- Retrospective Studies
- Tissue Adhesions
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