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Oxygen and wound care: A review of current therapeutic modalities and future direction
Author(s) -
Howard Michael A.,
Asmis Reto,
Evans Karen Kim,
Mustoe Thomas A.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
wound repair and regeneration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.847
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1524-475X
pISSN - 1067-1927
DOI - 10.1111/wrr.12069
Subject(s) - modalities , therapeutic modalities , treatment modality , hyperbaric oxygen , intensive care medicine , oxygen , oxygen delivery , medicine , wound care , modality (human–computer interaction) , wound healing , computer science , surgery , chemistry , physical therapy , social science , human–computer interaction , sociology , organic chemistry
While the importance of oxygen to the wound healing process is well accepted, research and technological advances continue in this field and efforts are ongoing to further utilize oxygen as a therapeutic modality. In this paper, the authors briefly review the role of oxygen in wound healing and discuss the distinct mechanism of action as well as the advantages and disadvantages of the three major oxygen‐based therapies currently in clinical use ( H yperbaric O xygen and T opical O xygen and C ontinuous D iffusion of O xygen), as well as review the existing literature regarding these distinct therapeutic modalities.