Anti-inflammatory effects of hyperbaric oxygen on irradiated laryngeal tissues

Publication date: Available online 27 February 2017
Source:Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology
Author(s): Mitat Arıcıgil, Mehmet Akif Dündar, Abdullah Arslan, Hamdi Arbağ, Abitter Yücel, Meryem Aktan, Sıdıka Fındık, İbrahim Kılınç
IntroductionTo manage the complications of irradiation of head and neck tissue is a challenging issue for the otolaryngologist. Definitive treatment of these complications is still controversial. Recently, hyperbaric oxygen therapy is promising option for these complications.ObjectiveIn this study, we used biochemical and histopathological methods to investigate the efficacy of hyperbaric oxygen against the inflammatory effects of radiotherapy in blood and laryngeal tissues when radiotherapy and hyperbaric oxygen are administered on the same day.MethodsThirty-two Wistar Albino rats were divided into four groups. The control group was given no treatment, the hyperbaric oxygen group was given only hyperbaric oxygen therapy, the radiotherapy group was given only radiotherapy, and the radiotherapy plus hyperbaric oxygen group was given both treatments on the same day.ResultsHistopathological and biochemical evaluations of specimens were performed. Serum tumor necrosis factor-α, interleukin-1β, and tissue inflammation levels were significantly higher in the radiotherapy group than in the radiotherapy plus hyperbaric oxygen group, whereas interleukin-10 was higher in the radiotherapy plus hyperbaric oxygen group.ConclusionWhen radiotherapy and hyperbaric oxygen are administered on the same day, inflammatory cytokines and tissue inflammation can be reduced in an early period of radiation injury.



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