Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Sarasota Memorial offers hyperbaric oxygen therapy for various conditions. This therapy involves breathing 100 percent oxygen at a pressure greater than the surrounding atmosphere, which can accelerate healing by stimulating the growth of new blood vessels, tissue and bone cells. Some of the conditions we treat include:
- Diabetic non-healing ulcer
- Osteomyelitis (refractory)
- Delayed radiation injury (soft tissue and bony necrosis)
- Air or gas embolism
- Carbon monoxide poisoning
- Carbon monoxide poisoning complicated by cyanide poisoning
- Clostridial myositis and myonecrosis (gas gangrene)
- Crush injury, compartment syndrome and other acute traumatic Ischemia’s Decompression sickness
- Arterial insufficiencies, such as:
- Central retinal artery occlusion
- Severe anemia
- Intracranial abscess
- Necrotizing soft tissue infections
- Compromised grafts and flaps
- Acute thermal burn injury
- Idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss
Under the medical direction of Peter Graper, MD, board certified in cardiac/thoracic surgery and undersea & hyperbaric medicine, the Hyperbaric Medicine Department located on Sarasota Memorial’s main campus has two climate-controlled hyperbaric chambers. Please note that the department is open Monday through Friday, and is not an emergency center. For information or to schedule an appointment, please call 941-917-1866.