WHAT ARE THE COMPLICATIONS FROM RADIATION THERAPY?
RADIATION COMPLICATIONS AFFECT VARIOUS BODY PARTS - THEY ALL CAN BENEFIT FROM THE TISSUE REPAIR WHICH HBOT STARTS:
HEAD & NECK - Specialists from several fields of study use HBOT to facilitate best outcome associated with delicate surgical problems
- DENTAL - Radiation damage/post extraction "Dry Socket" (non healing tooth extraction site)
- ORAL MAXILLOFACIAL SURGEON: When needs to repair collateral damage which may involve bone grafts to the irradiated tissue. Often these surgeons request a specific treatment order known as the Marx Protocol
- OTOLARYNGOLOGY - More extensive surgery which may also require plastic surgery support
- NEUROLOGIST - Radiotherapy damage to the brain (RADIATION ENCEPHALOPATHY) or nerves (RADIATION RADICULOPATHY)
- RADIATION ONCOLOGISTS - In the team management of any of the above problems
URINARY BLEEDING - Bleeding from the bladder, known as hemorrhagic cystitis and
other problems (pain and/or infection) following radiotherapy

GASTROENTEROLOGY [GI] - Bleeding from the bowel (RADIATION PROCTITIS) or intestine (RADIATION ENTERITIS)as well as pain and/or infection Treatment of Radiation Proctitis With Hyperbaric Oxygen ref:Clark HBOT Treatment of Chronic Refractory Radiation Proctitis ref:Jones
SKIN ULCERATION (RADIATION DERMATITIS) BONE EXPOSURE (OSTEORADIONECROSIS) AND BONE FRACTURE (ALSO KNOWN AS PATHOLOGICAL FRACTURE - Or bone fracture due to weakening effect of radiotherapy)
What Options are Available for Radiation Therapy Complications?
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy is a proven effective treatment and the mode of treatment here at MO2R. There are other treatments available to combat radiation complications.
In 2000 the Adult Radiotherapy Late Effects Clinic was initiated under the co-founder leadership of Dr. Wilfred Levin and Dr. Wayne Evans at the Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto to try and expand the range of options available to those suffering from complications of radiation therapy.
That clinic has helped hundreds of patients to date. A range of therapeutic options has been explored to meet the needs of this population.
