The addition of hyperbaric oxygen therapy to standard care did not substantially improve outcomes in adults with diabetes with an ischemic wound compared with standard care treatment alone, according to findings published in Diabetes Care.
Dirk T. Ubbink, MD, PhD, of the department of surgery at Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam, and colleagues evaluated data from the DAMO2CLES trial on 120 adults with diabetes and an ischemic wound randomly assigned to standard care with (n = 60) or without hyperbaric oxygen therapy (n = 60) to determine whether hyperbaric oxygen therapy is beneficial for ischemic wound treatment. Participants were recruited between June 2013 and December 2015. The primary outcomes included limb salvage and wound healing after 12 months. Follow-up visits occurred at 3, 6 and 12 months after recruitment … read more