Glossary
Reperfusion injury
Tissue damage that occurs when blood flow returns after a period of oxygen loss.
Reperfusion injury is paradoxical damage that happens when blood — and oxygen — floods back into tissue that was starved. HBOT has been shown to modulate the inflammatory cascade involved, part of its benefit in crush injury and some flap salvage.
More terms
Marx protocol
The staged HBOT-and-surgery approach for osteoradionecrosis of the jaw.
CPT 99183
The billing code for physician supervision of an HBOT session.
Stem cell mobilization
HBOT's ability to release stem cells from bone marrow into circulation.
Isopression
The steady middle phase of a session at full treatment pressure.