PMID- 30455593
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20200930
IS  - 1428-2526 (Print)
IS  - 1897-4309 (Electronic)
IS  - 1428-2526 (Linking)
VI  - 22
IP  - 3
DP  - 2018
TI  - Hyperbaric oxygen therapy in the treatment of complications of irradiation in 
      laryngeal cancer.
PG  - 202-204
LID - 10.5114/wo.2018.78945 [doi]
AB  - One of the standard treatments in laryngeal cancer is radiotherapy (RT). Many 
      short- and long-term complications can occur in the region that has received 
      radiotherapy. Definitive treatment of the emerging complications is still 
      debatable, and treatment is challenging for radiation oncologists and ear nose 
      throat specialists. Recently, hyperbaric oxygen treatment (HBOT) has become a 
      promising alternative for the treatment of these complications. The aim of this 
      report is to discuss the effectiveness of HBOT in the treatment of late-term 
      RT-related potential complications in a patient with laryngeal cancer. We applied 
      HBOT for a 58-year-old male patient with laryngeal cancer for the treatment of 
      laryngeal oedema, and dyspnoea that developed one year after RT. In a 
      decompression chamber at 2.4 atm pressure, the patient was made to breath 100% 
      oxygen with a mask for 90 minutes. At the beginning, HBOT was planned for 30 
      days; however, it was terminated upon improvement of the symptoms at the 19(th) 
      session. The symptoms, which developed one year after RT, were relieved 
      completely with HBOT, and the patient is maintaining his life without any 
      complaint under our control. The HBOT can be an alternative treatment for 
      late-term complications developed after radiotherapy. It can be especially used 
      for laryngeal oedema, and dyspnoea related to the field of radiotherapy.
FAU - Uslu, Gonca Hanedan
AU  - Uslu GH
AD  - Department of Radiation Oncology, Kanuni Research and Education Hospital, 
      Trabzon, Turkey.
FAU - Cebi, Gamze
AU  - Cebi G
AD  - Department of Underwater and Hyperbaric Medicine, Kanuni Training and Research 
      Hospital, Trabzon, Turkey.
FAU - Cobanoglu, Bengu
AU  - Cobanoglu B
AD  - Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Karadeniz Technical University, School of 
      Medicine, Trabzon, Turkey.
LA  - eng
PT  - Case Reports
DEP - 20180930
PL  - Poland
TA  - Contemp Oncol (Pozn)
JT  - Contemporary oncology (Poznan, Poland)
JID - 101233223
PMC - PMC6238093
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - dyspnoea
OT  - hyperbaric oxygenation
OT  - laryngeal neoplasms
OT  - laryngeal oedema
OT  - radiation injuries
COIS- The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
EDAT- 2018/11/21 06:00
MHDA- 2018/11/21 06:01
PMCR- 2018/01/01
CRDT- 2018/11/21 06:00
PHST- 2018/05/23 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2018/07/21 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2018/11/21 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2018/11/21 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2018/11/21 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2018/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 78945 [pii]
AID - 10.5114/wo.2018.78945 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Contemp Oncol (Pozn). 2018;22(3):202-204. doi: 10.5114/wo.2018.78945. Epub 2018 
      Sep 30.