References

  1. Mehra BR, Thawait AP, Karandikar SS, Gupta DO, Narang RR. Evaluation foot problems among diabetics in rural population. Indian J Surg. 2008 Aug;70(4): 175-80. PubMed | Google Scholar

  2. Kumar S, Ashe HA, Parnell LN, Fernando DJ, Tsigos C, Young RJ et al. The prevalence of foot ulceration and its correlates in type 2 diabetic patients: a population-based study. Diabet Med. 1994; 11(5): 480-4. PubMed | Google Scholar

  3. Neil HA, Thompson AV, Thorogood M, Fowler GH, Mann JI. Diabetes in the elderly: the Oxford Community Diabetes Study. Diabet Med. 1989; 6(7): 608-1. PubMed | Google Scholar

  4. Ramsey SD, Newton K, Blough D, McCulloch DK, Sandhu N, Reiber GE et al. Incidence, outcomes, and cost of foot ulcers in patients with diabetes. Diabet Care. 1999; 22(3): 382-7. PubMed | Google Scholar

  5. Apelqvist J, Larsson J, Agardh CD. Long-term prognosis for diabetic patients with foot ulcers. J Intern Med. 1993; 233(6): 485-91. PubMed | Google Scholar

  6. Pecoraro RE, Reiber GE, Burgess EM. Pathways to diabetic limb amputation: basis for prevention. Diabet Care. 1990; 13(5): 513-21. PubMed | Google Scholar

  7. McNeely MJ, Boyko EJ, Ahroni JH, Stensel VL, Reiber GE, Smith DG et al. The independent contributions of diabetic neuropathy and vasculopathy in foot ulceration. How great are the risks? Diabet Care. 1995; 18(2): 216-9. PubMed | Google Scholar

  8. Edmonds ME, Blundell MP, Morris ME, Thomas EM, Cotton LT, Watkins PJ. Improved survival of the diabetic foot: the role of a specialized foot clinic. Q J Med. 1986; 60(232): 763-71. PubMed | Google Scholar

  9. Sheffield PJ. Measuring tissue oxygen tension. Undersea Hyperb Med. 1998; 25(3): 179-88. PubMed | Google Scholar

  10. Niinikoski J, Grislis G, Hunt TK. Respiratory gas tensions and collagen in infected wounds. Ann Surg. 1972; 175(4): 588-93. PubMed | Google Scholar

  11. Hunt TK, Pai MP. The effect of varying ambient oxygen tensions on wound metabolism and collagen synthesis. Surg Gynecol Obstet. 1972; 135(4): 561-7. PubMed | Google Scholar

  12. Knighton DR, Halliday B, Hunt TK. Oxygen as an antibiotic: a comparison of the effects of inspired oxygen concentration and antibiotic administration on in vivo bacterial clearance. Arch Surg. 1986; 121(2): 191-5. PubMed | Google Scholar

  13. Knighton DR, Silver IA, Hunt TK. Regulation of woundhealing angiogenesis-effect of oxygen gradients and inspired oxygen concentration. Surgery. 1981; 90(2): 262-70. Google Scholar

  14. Tibbles PM, Edelsberg JS. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy. N Engl J Med. 1996; 334(25): 1642-8. PubMed | Google Scholar

  15. Wagner FW Jr. The dysvascular foot: a system for diagnosis and treatment. Foot Ankle. 1981 Sep; 2(2):64-122. PubMed | Google Scholar

  16. Abidia A, Laden G, Kuhan G, Johnson BF, Wilkinson AR, Renwick PM et al. The role of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in ischaemic diabetic lower extremity ulcers: a double-blind randomised-controlled trial. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2003 Jun; 25(6): 513-8. PubMed | Google Scholar

  17. Kessler L, Bilbault P, Ortega F, Grasso C, Passemard R, Stephan D et al. Hyperbaric oxygenation accelerates the healing rate of nonischemic chronic diabetic foot ulcers: a prospective randomized study. Diabetes Care. 2003 Aug; 26(8): 2378-82. PubMed | Google Scholar

  18. Kessler L, Bilbault P, Meyer R, Ortega F, Vogel R, Stephan D et al. Intérêt de l'oxygénothérapie hyperbare dans la cicatrisation des plaies chroniques du pied chez le diabétique: étude prospective randomisée. Médecine et chirurgie du pied. 2001; 17(12): 106-9. Google Scholar

  19. Kalani M, Jorneskog G, Naderi N, Lind F, Brismar K. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy in treatment of diabetic foot ulcers: long-term follow-up. J Diabetes Complications. 2002 Mar-Apr; 16(2): 153-8. PubMed | Google Scholar

  20. Fife CE, Buyukcakir C, Otto GH, Sheffield PJ, Warriner RA, Love TL et al. The predictive value of transcutaneous oxygen tension measurement in diabetic lower extremity ulcers treated with hyperbaric oxygen therapy: a retrospective analysis of 1,144 patients. Wound Repair Regen. 2002 Jul-Aug; 10(4): 198-207. PubMed | Google Scholar

  21. Chen CY, Wu RW, Hsu MC, Hsieh CJ, Chou MC. Adjunctive Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Healing of Chronic Diabetic Foot Ulcers: A Randomized Controlled Trial. J Wound Ostomy Continence Nurs. 2017 Nov/Dec; 44(6): 536-45. PubMed | Google Scholar

  22. Baroni G, Porro T, Faglia E, Pizzi G, Mastropasqua A, Oriani Get al. Hyperbaric oxygen in diabetic gangrene treatment. Diabetes Care. 1987; 10(1): 81-6. PubMed | Google Scholar

  23. Oriani G, Meazza D, Favales F, Pizzi GL, Aldeghi A, Faglia E. Hyperbaric oxygen in diabetic gangrene. Journal of Hyperbaric Medicine. 1990; 5: 171-5. PubMed | Google Scholar

  24. Oriani G, Michael M, Meazza D, Sacchi C, Ronzio A, Montino O et al. Diabetic foot and hyperbaric oxygen therapy: a ten-year experience. J Hyperb Med. 1992; 7: 213-21. Google Scholar

  25. Faglia E, Favales F, Aldeghi A, Calia P, Quarantiello A, Oriani G et al. Adjunctive systemic hyperbaric oxygen therapy in treatment of severe prevalently ischemic diabetic foot ulcer: a randomized study. Diabetes Care. 1996 Dec; 19(12): 1338-43. PubMed | Google Scholar

  26. Faglia E, Favales F, Aldeghi A, Calia P, Quarantiello A, Barbano P et al. Change in major amputation rate in a center dedicated to diabetic foot care during the 1980s: prognostic determinants for major amputation. J Diabetes Complications. 1998 Mar-Apr; 12(2): 96-102. PubMed | Google Scholar