[Hyperbaric oxygenation in the treatment of bleeding gastroduodenal ulcers]

It is shown on the basis of analysis of the results of treatment of 179 patients that the use of hyperbaric oxygenation in the complex surgical management of ulcerative gastroduodenal bleeding reduced the number of postoperative complications by a factor of 3.3 and led to a decrease of mortality from 20 to 1%. The authors confirm the expedience of including hyperbaric oxygenation in the complex of therapeutic measures in patients with bleeding ulcers under conditions of accomplished hemostasis by conservative or surgical methods in one of three suggested variants: in preparation of the patients for operation in the postponed period; after operative interventions carried out at the peak of bleeding; before and after operations on patients with moderate and severe blood loss and concomitant diseases. The sessions should be conducted under pressure of 2 atm for 60 minutes.