Download PDF
Facial Plast Surg 2020; 36(06): 753-759
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1717095
Original Article

The Role of Hyperbaric Oxygen in Head and Neck Reconstruction and Facial Cosmetic Surgery

Akina Tamaki
1   Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio
,
Dustin A. Silverman
1   Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio
,
Enver Ozer
1   Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio
› Author Affiliations
› Further Information
Also available at
    Permissions and Reprints

Abstract

Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) is a treatment modality with the primary mechanism of therapy being the delivery of oxygen to hypoxic tissues. A review of HBO applications in the field of head and neck reconstruction and facial cosmetic surgery is provided. HBO can be useful in the management of radiation sequelae and treatment of compromised flaps and grafts. It may also have application in tissue compromise following cosmetic surgery and dermal fillers. We provide evidence from the available literature as well as highlight our experience in using HBO in head and neck reconstruction.

Keywords

hyperbaric oxygen - head and neck reconstruction - facial cosmetic surgery - radiation - graft - flap


Publication History

Article published online:
24 December 2020

© 2020. Thieme. All rights reserved.

Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.
333 Seventh Avenue, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10001, USA

 

  • Reference

  • 1 Howell RS, Criscitelli T, Woods JS, Gillette BM, Gorenstein S. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy: indications, contraindications, and use at a tertiary care center. AORN J 2018; 107 (04) 442-453
    CrossrefPubMedGoogle Scholar
  • 2 Teguh DN, Levendag PC, Noever I. et al. Early hyperbaric oxygen therapy for reducing radiotherapy side effects: early results of a randomized trial in oropharyngeal and nasopharyngeal cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2009; 75 (03) 711-716
    CrossrefPubMedGoogle Scholar
  • 3 Chouinard AF, Giasson L, Fortin M. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for head and neck irradiated patients with special attention to oral and maxillofacial treatments. J Can Dent Assoc 2016; 82: g24
    PubMedGoogle Scholar
  • 4 Thom SR. Hyperbaric oxygen: its mechanisms and efficacy. Plast Reconstr Surg 2011; 127 (Suppl. 01) 131S-141S
    CrossrefPubMedGoogle Scholar
  • 5 Teng MS, Futran ND. Osteoradionecrosis of the mandible. Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2005; 13 (04) 217-221
    CrossrefPubMedGoogle Scholar
  • 6 Park MK, Myers RA, Marzella L. Oxygen tensions and infections: modulation of microbial growth, activity of antimicrobial agents, and immunologic responses. Clin Infect Dis 1992; 14 (03) 720-740
    CrossrefPubMedGoogle Scholar
  • 7 Mayer R, Hamilton-Farrell MR, van der Kleij AJ. et al. Hyperbaric oxygen and radiotherapy. Strahlenther Onkol 2005; 181 (02) 113-123
    CrossrefPubMedGoogle Scholar
  • 8 Jacobson AS, Buchbinder D, Hu K, Urken ML. Paradigm shifts in the management of osteoradionecrosis of the mandible. Oral Oncol 2010; 46 (11) 795-801
    CrossrefPubMedGoogle Scholar
  • 9 Torp KD, Carraway MS, Ott MC. et al. Safe administration of hyperbaric oxygen after bleomycin: a case series of 15 patients. Undersea Hyperb Med 2012; 39 (05) 873-879
    PubMedGoogle Scholar
  • 10 Karagoz B, Suleymanoglu S, Uzun G. et al. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy does not potentiate doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity in rats. Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol 2008; 102 (03) 287-292
    CrossrefPubMedGoogle Scholar
  • 11 Moen I, Stuhr LE. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy and cancer--a review. Target Oncol 2012; 7 (04) 233-242
    CrossrefPubMedGoogle Scholar
  • 12 Plafki C, Peters P, Almeling M, Welslau W, Busch R. Complications and side effects of hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Aviat Space Environ Med 2000; 71 (02) 119-124
    PubMedGoogle Scholar
  • 13 Palmquist BM, Philipson B, Barr PO. Nuclear cataract and myopia during hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Br J Ophthalmol 1984; 68 (02) 113-117
    CrossrefPubMedGoogle Scholar
  • 14 Tibbles PM, Edelsberg JS. Hyperbaric-oxygen therapy. N Engl J Med 1996; 334 (25) 1642-1648
    CrossrefPubMedGoogle Scholar
  • 15 Lyons A, Ghazali N. Osteoradionecrosis of the jaws: current understanding of its pathophysiology and treatment. Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2008; 46 (08) 653-660
    CrossrefPubMedGoogle Scholar
  • 16 Marx RE. Osteoradionecrosis: a new concept of its pathophysiology. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 1983; 41 (05) 283-288
    CrossrefPubMedGoogle Scholar
  • 17 Reuther T, Schuster T, Mende U, Kübler A. Osteoradionecrosis of the jaws as a side effect of radiotherapy of head and neck tumour patients--a report of a thirty year retrospective review. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2003; 32 (03) 289-295
    CrossrefPubMedGoogle Scholar
  • 18 David LA, Sàndor GK, Evans AW, Brown DH. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy and mandibular osteoradionecrosis: a retrospective study and analysis of treatment outcomes. J Can Dent Assoc 2001; 67 (07) 384
    PubMedGoogle Scholar
  • 19 Nabil S, Samman N. Incidence and prevention of osteoradionecrosis after dental extraction in irradiated patients: a systematic review. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2011; 40 (03) 229-243
    CrossrefPubMedGoogle Scholar
  • 20 Chavez JA, Adkinson CD. Adjunctive hyperbaric oxygen in irradiated patients requiring dental extractions: outcomes and complications. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2001; 59 (05) 518-522 , discussion 523–524
    CrossrefPubMedGoogle Scholar
  • 21 Heyboer III M, Wojcik SM, McCabe JB. et al. Hyperbaric oxygen and dental extractions in irradiated patients: short- and long-term outcomes. Undersea Hyperb Med 2013; 40 (03) 283-288
    PubMedGoogle Scholar
  • 22 Marx RE, Johnson RP, Kline SN. Prevention of osteoradionecrosis: a randomized prospective clinical trial of hyperbaric oxygen versus penicillin. J Am Dent Assoc 1985; 111 (01) 49-54
    CrossrefPubMedGoogle Scholar
  • 23 Annane D, Depondt J, Aubert P. et al. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for radionecrosis of the jaw: a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial from the ORN96 study group. J Clin Oncol 2004; 22 (24) 4893-4900
    CrossrefPubMedGoogle Scholar
  • 24 Pitak-Arnnop P, Sader R, Dhanuthai K. et al. Management of osteoradionecrosis of the jaws: an analysis of evidence. Eur J Surg Oncol 2008; 34 (10) 1123-1134
    CrossrefPubMedGoogle Scholar
  • 25 Filntisis GA, Moon RE, Kraft KL, Farmer JC, Scher RL, Piantadosi CA. Laryngeal radionecrosis and hyperbaric oxygen therapy: report of 18 cases and review of the literature. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 2000; 109 (06) 554-562
    CrossrefPubMedGoogle Scholar
  • 26 London SD, Park SS, Gampper TJ, Hoard MA. Hyperbaric oxygen for the management of radionecrosis of bone and cartilage. Laryngoscope 1998; 108 (09) 1291-1296
    CrossrefPubMedGoogle Scholar
  • 27 Narozny W, Sicko Z, Kot J, Stankiewicz C, Przewozny T, Kuczkowski J. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy in the treatment of complications of irradiation in head and neck area. Undersea Hyperb Med 2005; 32 (02) 103-110
    PubMedGoogle Scholar
  • 28 Fox NF, Xiao C, Sood AJ. et al. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for the treatment of radiation-induced xerostomia: a systematic review. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol 2015; 120 (01) 22-28
    CrossrefPubMedGoogle Scholar
  • 29 Lovelace TL, Fox NF, Sood AJ, Nguyen SA, Day TA. Management of radiotherapy-induced salivary hypofunction and consequent xerostomia in patients with oral or head and neck cancer: meta-analysis and literature review. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol 2014; 117 (05) 595-607
    CrossrefPubMedGoogle Scholar
  • 30 Dirix P, Nuyts S, Van den Bogaert W. Radiation-induced xerostomia in patients with head and neck cancer: a literature review. Cancer 2006; 107 (11) 2525-2534
    CrossrefPubMedGoogle Scholar
  • 31 Francis A, Baynosa RC. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for the compromised graft or flap. Adv Wound Care (New Rochelle) 2017; 6 (01) 23-32
    CrossrefPubMedGoogle Scholar
  • 32 Friedman HI, Fitzmaurice M, Lefaivre JF, Vecchiolla T, Clarke D. An evidence-based appraisal of the use of hyperbaric oxygen on flaps and grafts. Plast Reconstr Surg 2006; 117 (07) 175S-190S , discussion 191S–192S
    CrossrefPubMedGoogle Scholar
  • 33 Perrins DJ. Influence of hyperbaric oxygen on the survival of split skin grafts. Lancet 1967; 1 (7495): 868-871
    CrossrefPubMedGoogle Scholar
  • 34 Fabian TS, Kaufman HJ, Lett ED. et al. The evaluation of subatmospheric pressure and hyperbaric oxygen in ischemic full-thickness wound healing. Am Surg 2000; 66 (12) 1136-1143
    CrossrefPubMedGoogle Scholar
  • 35 Niezgoda JA. Combining negative pressure wound therapy with other wound management modalities. Ostomy Wound Manage 2005; 51 (2A): 36S-38S
    PubMedGoogle Scholar
  • 36 Vishwanath G. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy in free flap surgery: is it meaningful?. Med J Armed Forces India 2011; 67 (03) 253-256
    CrossrefPubMedGoogle Scholar
  • 37 Kucur C, Durmus K, Uysal IO. et al. Management of complications and compromised free flaps following major head and neck surgery. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2016; 273 (01) 209-213
    CrossrefPubMedGoogle Scholar
  • 38 Stong BC, Jacono AA. Effect of perioperative hyperbaric oxygen on bruising in face-lifts. Arch Facial Plast Surg 2010; 12 (05) 356-358
    CrossrefPubMedGoogle Scholar
  • 39 Kerolus JL, Nassif PS. Treatment protocol for compromised nasal skin. Facial Plast Surg Clin North Am 2019; 27 (04) 505-511
    CrossrefPubMedGoogle Scholar
  • 40 Hong WT, Kim J, Kim SW. Minimizing tissue damage due to filler injection with systemic hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Arch Craniofac Surg 2019; 20 (04) 246-250
    CrossrefPubMedGoogle Scholar
  • 41 Beer K, Downie J, Beer J. A treatment protocol for vascular occlusion from particulate soft tissue augmentation. J Clin Aesthet Dermatol 2012; 5 (05) 44-47
    PubMedGoogle Scholar
  • 42 Hu XZ, Hu JY, Wu PS, Yu SB, Kikkawa DO, Lu W. Posterior ciliary artery occlusion caused by hyaluronic acid injections into the forehead: a case report. Medicine (Baltimore) 2016; 95 (11) e3124
    CrossrefPubMedGoogle Scholar
  • 43 Henderson R, Reilly DA, Cooper JS. Hyperbaric oxygen for ischemia due to injection of cosmetic fillers: case report and issues. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open 2018; 6 (01) e1618
    CrossrefPubMedGoogle Scholar
  • 44 Uittenbogaard D, Lansdorp CA, Bauland CG, Boonstra O. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for dermal ischemia after dermal filler injection with calcium hydroxylapatite: a case report. Undersea Hyperb Med 2019; 46 (02) 207-210
    CrossrefPubMedGoogle Scholar
  • 45 Lazzeri D, Agostini T, Figus M, Nardi M, Pantaloni M, Lazzeri S. Blindness following cosmetic injections of the face. Plast Reconstr Surg 2012; 129 (04) 995-1012
    CrossrefPubMedGoogle Scholar