Table 1      Original diagnosis and anatomical sites in 51 patients with overt ORN 

Anatomical site

No. of patients

Tonguea

1

Floor of moutha

8

Palatea

5

Oropharynx/pharynxa

5

Buccal/lingual mucosaa

4

Nose/nasopharynxa

3

Oral cavitya

3

Retromolar trigonea

2

Mandiblea

2

Lymphoma

2

Actinomycotic infection

1

Submandibular gland tumour

1

asquamous cell carcinoma

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table 2            Treatment outcomes of HBO used for overt ORN 

Treatment

No. of patients

Success

Improvement

No improvement

HBO alone

19

7

11

1

HBO and sequestrectomy

20

18

1

1

HBO and resection

12

11

0

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table 3            Treatment outcomes in ORN prophylaxis group 

Treatment

Extractions

Complications

Nonsurgical

36

1

Surgical

18

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Figure 1

Figure 1: Multiplace hyperbaric oxygen chamber capable of housing several patients and a therapist during a dive.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Figure 2

Figure 2: Two side-by-side monoplace chambers. The clear glass allows patients to watch television or videos and helps assuage fears of confinement in claustrophobic patients.