The Role of X-Rays in the Treatment of Gas Gangrene: A Historical Assessment
Open Access
- 27 April 2012
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Dose-Response
- Vol. 10 (4), 626-43
- https://doi.org/10.2203/dose-response.12-016.calabrese
Abstract
While the use of x-rays to treat patients with gas gangrene ended in the early 1940's with the advent of antibiotics, x-ray had been widely accepted as a useful and highly effective treatment for this condition. The present paper re-assesses the historical foundations of this belief, the quality of the data, use of confirmatory animal models, and underlying mechanisms that might account for the therapeutic role of x-rays in the treatment of gas gangrene.Keywords
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