Medical hyperbaric oxygen therapy: 22 cases

Between 1976 and 1979, 22 patients had hyperbaric oxygen therapy at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Medical Center. Seventeen patients benefited and five did not--one of two carbon monoxide poisoning patients, both gas gangrene patients, and four of five osteomyelitis victims were greatly helped while 10 of 13 soft tissue wounds were healed with the hyperbaric oxygen treatment. This local series exemplifies the range and limitations of the medical application of hyperbaric oxygen.