Treatment Options
Individualize wound treatment is dependent upon the type and severity of the wound.
Research based wound聽care and聽therapies include, but are not limited to:
- Anti-bacterial wound care dressings (i.e.,silver dressing, Hydrofera Blue)
- State-of-the-art wound care dressings (i.e.,Collagen, Silicone)
- Bioengineered tissue/skin equivalents
- Compression therapy
- Debridement
- Education/Prevention
- Growth factors
- Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
- Total contact casting and other offloading therapies and devices
- Negative pressure devices
Screens and tests that may be performed include:
- Vein mapping
- Ankle Brachial Index and Doppler studies
- Wound cultures
- Needle aspirations
- Bone and deep tissue biopsy
- X-ray, CT Scans, MRI, and Bone Scans
