Hyperbaric oxygen vs control without HBOT: Complete resolution or significant improvement of osteoradionecrosis
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) showed no clear difference in complete resolution or significant improvement of osteoradionecrosis compared with control without HBOT (low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) vs control without HBOT Complete resolution or significant improvement of osteoradionecrosis · any person with osteoradionecrosis of the jaw or at risk of osteoradionecrosis of the jaw Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) showed no clear difference in complete resolution or significant improvement of osteoradionecrosis compared with control without HBOT (low certainty). Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for late radiation tissue injury (2023) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1.26 [0.87, 1.82] | 3 studies · 239 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for late radiation tissue injury 2023 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.