Examples of Enhancing Treatment & Care with Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT): Delayed Wound Healing In A Canine

A 4 year old male neutered Boston Terrier had a broad based mass removed from the left rear limb. The mass was located just below the tarsus. Wound closure was unsuccessful due to excessive tension, and the primary care veterinarian managed the wound with multiple bandage changes. Delayed wound healing was evident, as the wound did not significantly reduce in size over the next 15 days.

Biopsy results were returned as histiocytoma. The patient was referred for hyperbaric oxygen therapy.

Over the next 12 days treatment consisted of removing the bandage, fitting the patient with an Elizabethan Collar, adding hydrotherapy once daily with warm tap water, and performing HBOT at 1.5 ATA for one hour twice daily on ten separate days.  The wound healed rapidly. 

Above, left to right: Pre HBOT (at admission). Six days into HBOT. Sixteen days after HBOT was initiated.  The wound had closed at this point.

© RKLyman, LLC. All Rights Reserved.