Wound Center

Randy's Story

In this video, Randy Lucas shares his experience with diabetic wound treatment at the Wound Center, and Dr. John Hladik explains the benefits of total contact casting.

Wound Care Services

The Wound Center includes physicians and nurses trained as specialists in wound healing treatment and Hyperbaric Oxygen Medicine.

The addition of nursing staff allows for individualized case management at each visit and access to the physician on a regular basis, which allows for more extensive wound treatment to accelerate the healing process.

Wound care services include, but are not limited to debridement, bioengineered skin substitutes, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, VAC therapy, and total contact casting.

We work with referring physicians to determine a complete set of wound care procedures to address each patient's individualized needs. Our staff is trained to aggressively manage wounds to ensure they heal quickly and completely.

We provide all patients with dedicated and specialized attention, enabling them to return to a full life, free from the pain of chronic wounds.

Wound care is helpful for:

• Diabetic wounds
• Pressure ulcers
• Venous stasis ulcers (cause by poor blood circulation, usually of the legs)
• Arterial ulcers
• Vasculitic ulcers
• Non-healing surgical wounds
• Complex soft tissue wounds
• Traumatic wounds
• Infected wounds
• Other chronic, non-healing wounds

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

Our Wound Center includes Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) for chronic and non-healing wounds. HBOT allows a patient to breathe 100% oxygen two-three times greater than atmospheric pressure and is administered on a daily basis. The result is an increase of 10-15 times in plasma oxygen concentration.

By forcing more oxygen into the tissue, HBOT encourages the formation of new blood vessels. As new blood vessels develop, the red blood cells start to flow, delivering even more oxygen to the affected area. This creates the optimal environment for the body’s natural healing processes to repair damaged tissue.