Akdag, MehmetGul, AylinBakir, SalihOzkurt, Fazil EmreAlabalik, UlasTopcu, Ismail2024-04-242024-04-2420131310-2818https://doi.org/10.5504/BBEQ.2013.0042https://hdl.handle.net/11468/20146The aim of this experimental study was to investigate the efficacy of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy in the neck region of rats based on morphologic changes induced in the exocrine and endocrine glands and trachea. Samples of submandibular glands, thyroid gland and trachea were collected following sacrifice and neck dissection of the animals. The samples were processed for light microscopy and morphometric analysis. HBO administered rats were placed into a large pressure chamber and received 100 % oxygen at 253.3125 kPa (2.5 ata) for 60 min per day for a period of seven days. HBO-treated rats showed no statistically significant differences from the control group, according to the analysis of the histopathological scores (p = 0.930). HBO could probably be considered as neither helpful, nor harmless, on the submandibular glands, thyroid glands and trachea in rats.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessHyperbaric OxygenRatSubmandibular GlandsTyroid Glands And TracheaArticle27439913994WOS:0003235329000162-s2.0-8488326168610.5504/BBEQ.2013.0042Q3Q4