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INTRODUCTION:Scuba diving is a big part of the tourism sector in Malta, and all the cases of decompression illness (DCI)are treated within the single hyperbaric referral centre in the country. METHODS:This retrospective analysis reviews all the medical records of divers with DCI in Malta within the 30-year period between 1987 to 2017 who required recompression therapy with hyperbaric oxygen. RESULTS:There were 437 discrete cases of DCI managed with recompression therapy. Amongst DCI subtypes, the prevalence of musculo-skeletal DCI is decreasing, whereas that of vestibulo-cochlear DCI is increasing. CONCLUSION:The increasing prevalence of vestibulo-cochlear DCI may be due to a change in diving practices in Malta.
journal_name
Diving Hyperb Medjournal_title
Diving and hyperbaric medicineauthors
Azzopardi CP,Caruana J,Matity L,Muscat S,Meintjes WAJdoi
10.28920/dhm49.3.161-166subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2019-09-30 00:00:00pages
161-166issue
3eissn
1833-3516issn
2209-1491journal_volume
49pub_type
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