• Diabetic Foot Ulcers (DFU)
• Pressure Ulcers
• Lower Extremity Arterial Disease Ulcers (LEAD)
• Late Effects of Radiation (Radiation Burns)
• Surgical Wounds (Dehisced Wounds)
• Trauma

Patients who have experienced trauma may benefit from Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy at the Palomar UC San Diego Health Wound Healing & Hyperbaric Centers. If the surgical site is not healing as expected or a skin graft or flap was used, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) has proven beneficial to salvaging the graft and healing the wound by destroying anaerobic bacteria and improving the body’s ability to heal. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy has an anti-bacterial effect. Anaerobic bacteria live inside areas where there is no oxygen. They do not have the ability to protect themselves from the action of oxygen. These bacteria are destroyed during HBOT treatments. If your body tissues do not get enough oxygen it is harder for your immune system to kill bacteria. Your body’s defenses against bacteria can actually be boosted during HBOT.  This is why HBOT improves the body’s ability to accept the graft or flap.