A breath of fresh air: the role of oxygen carriers in plastic surgery
Leon Guggenheim, Valeria Pruzzo, Francesca Bonomi, Ettore Limido, Andrea Weinzierl, Matthias W. Laschke, Yves Harder · 2026
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Leon Guggenheim and six co-authors reviewed in 2026 what is known about oxygen carriers in plastic surgery. Low oxygen in tissue can slow wound healing, kill tissue, and cause repairs to fail. Creams and materials that carry or release oxygen aim to feed tissue even when blood flow is poor, and the review sorts them into four main types.
Two types, based on hemoglobin and on peroxide, showed gains in wound healing in early studies. Algae-based scaffolds made oxygen in place and helped close deep skin wounds in one early trial. Heat and light based types helped skin graft donor sites heal in first tests. The authors stress that trials so far are small and mixed, and larger fair tests are still needed.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Leon Guggenheim, Valeria Pruzzo, Francesca Bonomi, Ettore Limido, Andrea Weinzierl, Matthias W. Laschke, Yves Harder |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 55 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |