Glossary
Hypoxia
A shortage of oxygen in tissue — the problem HBOT aims to correct.
Hypoxia is inadequate oxygen supply to tissue. Chronic wounds, radiation injury, and compromised grafts are fundamentally hypoxic — HBOT works by temporarily flooding these tissues with oxygen and stimulating lasting improvements in supply.
More terms
Osteoradionecrosis
Bone death caused by prior radiation therapy.
Wagner grade
A classification system for the severity of diabetic foot ulcers.
Henry's Law
The physical law explaining why pressure forces more oxygen into blood plasma.
Oxygen toxicity
The adverse effects of breathing too much oxygen at pressure.