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Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) treatment is the therapeutic benefit of oxygen under pressure used to aid in wound healing. Oxygen is essential to all stages in the wound healing process, where an insufficient supply is the most common cause for delay. By increasing the amount of oxygen in red blood cells and plasma utilizing HBO treatments, we can stimulate wound healing by:
HBO therapy is an outpatient procedure that is provided five days a week for approximately four to six weeks. Once patients enter the hyperbaric chamber, oxygen will begin to circulate as a technician starts the gradual increase in pressure. Some patients experience a temporary warmth, but after the initial compression period, the temperature regulates. The compression period generally lasts between 10 and 15 minutes, and once complete, patients will remain in the chamber for 1.5 to 2 hours. Near the end of treatment, the technician will gradually decrease the pressure inside the chamber.
Dignity Health offers HBO therapy at our Wound Center in the Greater Sacramento region:
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital
155 Glasson Way, Grass Valley, CA 95945
(530) 272-8619