HBOT can be an adjunct for selected difficult wounds; it does not replace wound care, circulation assessment or infection treatment.

Oxygen & Hyperbaric - Clinical uses

HBOT for selected wounds and tissue injury

Last reviewed 3 August 2026. How we write this.

HBOT can be an adjunct for selected difficult wounds; it does not replace wound care, circulation assessment or infection treatment.

Increasing dissolved oxygen may support compromised tissue in specific circumstances. The relevant question is whether it adds benefit to standard multidisciplinary care for a defined wound.

A general claim that oxygen “accelerates healing” removes the diagnosis and treatment context that makes the evidence meaningful.

Educational content only. This does not diagnose, treat or replace individual advice from an appropriately qualified clinician.

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