For 65 year old Ken Leslie from Chicago, hyperbaric oxygen therapy gave him a new lease of life. Leslie, who has peripheral vascular disease, neuropathy, diabetes and end-stage renal disease, was weakened in 2022 by a stubborn wound that wouldn’t heal. Left untreated, it could have required an amputation of his right leg and foot.
He later underwent hyperbaric oxygen therapy. "By the time Leslie reached Ingalls, the infection was so extensive it required an emergency department admission. The hospital’s wound care staff quickly deployed a team approach to improve circulation to Leslie’s foot and eliminate the infection," UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial Hospital has said. He underwent the therapy every weekday morning for three months. The increased oxygen in the bloodstream not only enhances wound healing, but it also kills bacteria, the hospital said.
