Patel Nitesh P, Huang Jason H
Texas A&M College of Medicine, Temple, Texas, USA.
Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor Scott & White Healthcare, Temple, Texas, USA.
Med Gas Res. 2017 Jun 30;7(2):133-143. doi: 10.4103/2045-9912.208520. eCollection 2017 Apr-Jun.
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a complex disease process that involves both primary and secondary mechanisms of injury and can leave patients with devastating functional impairment as well as psychological debilitation. While no curative treatment is available for spinal cord injury, current therapeutic approaches focus on reducing the secondary injury that follows SCI. Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy has shown promising neuroprotective effects in several experimental studies, but the limited number of clinical reports have shown mixed findings. This review will provide an overview of the potential mechanisms by which HBO therapy may exert neuroprotection, provide a summary of the clinical application of HBO therapy in patients with SCI, and discuss avenues for future studies.
脊髓损伤(SCI)是一个复杂的疾病过程,涉及原发性和继发性损伤机制,可使患者出现严重的功能障碍以及心理衰弱。虽然目前尚无治愈脊髓损伤的方法,但当前的治疗方法主要集中于减少脊髓损伤后的继发性损伤。高压氧(HBO)疗法在多项实验研究中显示出了有前景的神经保护作用,但有限的临床报告结果不一。本综述将概述HBO疗法可能发挥神经保护作用的潜在机制,总结HBO疗法在脊髓损伤患者中的临床应用情况,并探讨未来的研究方向。