Does hyperbaric oxygen improve capillary morphology in severe acute pancreatitis?
In acute pancreatitis, structural capillary diameter and heterogeneity of diameter increase and capillary density decreases. These parameters are all improved by HBO treatment. Hyperbaric oxygen treatment normalizes the pancreatic microvasculature after acute pancreatitis and may be a potentially effective treatment of this disease.
The present BCI transducer casing, used in ongoing clinical trials, was designed from the results in this study, demonstrating that the present BCI transducer casing (largest diameter [diagonal]: 15.5 mm, height: 6.4 mm) will statistically fit more than 95% of the subjects. Hence, the present BCI transducer is concluded to be sufficiently small to fit most normal-sized temporal bones and should be placed approximately 20 mm behind the ear canal.