RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL
OUTCOME: POSITIVE
Hyperbaric oxygen treatment of chronic refractory radiation proctitis
Clarke RE, Tenorio LM, Hussey JR, et al.
International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics · 2008 · n = 120
What it found
Double-blind randomized trial showing HBOT significantly improved healing responses in chronic refractory radiation proctitis versus sham.
Our note on quality
Sham-controlled RCT in radiation tissue injury.
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