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Plastic and reconstructive surgery:
- for nonhealing wounds
- as an aid to the survival of skin flaps with marginal circulation
- as an aid to reimplantation surgery
- as an adjunct to the treatment of burns
Traumatology:
- crush injuries,
- compartment syndrome,
- soft tissue injuries
- sports injuries
Orthopedics:
- non union of fractures,
- bone grafts,
- osteoradionecrosis
Neurological:
- stroke,
- multiple sclerosis,
- migraine,
- cerebral edema,
- multi-infarct dementia,
- spinal cord injury
- vascular diseases of the spinal cord,
- brain abscess,
- peripheral neuropathy,
- radiation myelitis,
- vegetative coma
Asphyxiation:
- drowning,
- near hanging,
- smoke inhalation
Aid to rehabilitation:
- spastic hemiplegia of stroke,
- paraplegia,
- chronic myocardial insufficiency,
- peripheral vascular disease.
Treatment of certain infections:
- gas gangrene,
- acute necrotizing fascitis,
- refractory mycoses,
- leprosy,
- osteomyelitis
Vascular diseases:
- shock,
- myocardial ischemia,
- aid to cardiac surgery
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Peripheral vascular disease:
- ischemic gangrene,
- ischemic leg pain
Poisoning:
- carbon monoxide,
- cyanide,
- hydrogen sulfide,
- carbon tetrachloride.
Hematology:
- sickle cell crises,
- severe blood loss anemia
Ophthalmology:
- occlusion of central artery of retina
- macular degeneration
Gastro-intestinal:
- gastric ulcer,
- necrotizing enterocolitis,
- paralytic ileus,
- pneumotoides cystoides intestinalis,
- hepatitis
For enhancement of radiosensitivity of malignant tumors
Otorhinolaryngology:
- sudden deafness,
- acute acoustic trauma,
- labyrinthitis,
- Meniere's disease,
- malignant otitis externa (chronic infection)
Lung diseases:
- lung abscess,
- pulmonary embolism (adjunct to surgery)
Endocrines:
Obstetrics:
- Complicated pregnancy - diabetes,
- eclampsia,
- heart disease,
- placental hypoxia,
- fetal hypoxia.
- Congenitalheart disease of the neonate
Air embolism
Decompression sickness
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