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The Departments of 1 Neurosurgery and 2 Anesthesiology, the University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi 39216 - 4505
Various reports in the literature have shown that hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) reduces cerebral infarction both in animals and humans. After the initial ischemic insult, however, initiating HBO treatment at different intervals has yielded conflicting results. The present study was undertaken to determine the optimal therapeutic window in which to start HBO treatment for cerebral infarction after transient focal ischemia. In this study, the operator occluded the middle cerebral artery (MCA) of anesthetized rats by introducing a blunted nylon filament into the proximal MCA from the dissected external carotid artery. When the operator removed the filament after 2 h, focal ischemia and reperfusion occurred. The operator then placed the rat in the HBO chamber and administered 3 atm absolute HBO for 1 h according to the protocol. The rat was killed 24 h after reperfusion, and the percentage of infarction (infarct ratio) was calculated by dividing the infarction area by the total area of the ipsilateral hemisphere. The results showed that the percentage of infarcted area decreased significantly (P < 0.05) both in the 3- (7.59%) and 6-h (5.35%) HBO-treatment groups compared with the control (no treatment) group (11.34%). However, the percentage of infarcted area increased significantly (P < 0.01 and P < 0.05, respectively) both in the 12- (23%) and 23-h (20%) treatment groups. The results of this study suggest that applying HBO within 6 h of ischemia-reperfusion injury could benefit the patient but that applying HBO 12 h or more after injury could harm the patient.
cerebral ischemia; hyperbaric oxygen; infarct ratio
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