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October 07, 2022

Video: A different type of HBO - Doctor receives hyperbaric oxygen therapy

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Video: A different type of HBO - Doctor receives hyperbaric oxygen therapy

The IU Health Wound Center in Bloomington offers a different type of HBO: hyperbaric oxygen therapy.

This treatment uses oxygen to speed up healing for a variety of health issues. IU Health Southern Indiana Physicians gynecologist, Philip C. Brittain, DO, underwent the therapy to treat tissue changes that occurred after he had radiation for prostate cancer.

Watch the video below to learn more.

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