 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Michele,
He's not healing because the radiation damaged the capillaries in his mandible and there is no way for the body to fight the infection - the antibodies (and antibiotics) simply can't get there. HBO, at least temporarily, will regenerate enough capillaries to allow the infection to be controlled and potentially reverse the ORN.
Just guessing, I would think that faster healing would equate to less scar tissue not more. No one has mentioned problems with additional scar tissue due to HBO to the best of my knowledge.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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