Question PFO Closure advice

[Capt Jim Wyatt]

Thanks! For divers having a closure, what is the recommeded recovery time recovery before diving?

Ask @Dr. Doug Ebersole - he does the closures.

 

[SpaceX Aquanaut]

Thanks! For divers having a closure, what is the recommeded recovery time recovery before diving?

Scubaboard Member who had the procedure done:

No diving for 3 months after the procedure

Thread '2 DCS hits and a PFO closure'

Dec 29, 2016

I've posted a lot on CDF about my bouts with DCS and having a PFO (parent Foramen Ovale) which greatly increases risk of DCS by not being able to decompress efficiently. I am posting here to give those that are not CDF members some insight about a PFO. A PFO is something everyone is born with and closes by itself in 75% of the population. It more often than not goes undetected but can cause some medical problems and greatly increases a divers DCS risk due to the bubble load. I've had 2 "undeserved" hits in the last year and a half and it turned out to be highly influenced by a PFO. It...

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[Dr. Doug Ebersole]

Ask @Dr. Doug Ebersole - he does the closures.

The recommendation is not to scuba dive for three months and to have a repeat transthoracic echo with a bubble study to verify complete closure of the PFO before returning to diving.

 

[Rokky]

The recommendation is not to scuba dive for three months and to have a repeat transthoracic echo with a bubble study to verify complete closure of the PFO before returning to diving.

Thanks!