Advanced Wound CareServices
At Advanced Wound Care, we specialize in providing comprehensive wound care treatments that can be administered either at home or in any medical facility. Our dedicated team of healthcare professionals is experienced in managing hard-to-heal open wounds, ensuring optimal healing and improved quality of life for our patients.
With personalized care plans and advanced wound management techniques, we are committed to delivering effective and compassionate treatment to promote the healing process and help individuals regain their well-being. Whether it’s a chronic wound or a recent injury, we are here to provide expert care and support every step of the way.
Traumatic Wounds
Traumatic Wounds – typically defined as cuts, lacerations or puncture wounds which have caused damage to both the skin and underlying tissues. Although the body can heal minor wounds, more major wounds can develop into chronic wounds and pose a serious risk of infection. And the longer the injury stays untreated the greater the risk of infection.
Diabetic Ulcers
Slow-healing wounds that commonly appear on the feet. These ulcers are a complication of diabetes that often stem from a lack of sensation (diabetic neuropathy) or blood flow (diabetes affecting the micro-circulation) in the affected area. Without treatment and management, it can result in severe complications.
Pressure Injuries (Bedsores)
Also called pressure ulcers or decubitus ulcers, are injuries to skin and underlying tissues resulting from prolonged pressure on the skin. Bedsores most often develop on bony areas of the body, such as the heels, ankles, hips, and tailbone. They usually occur in patients who have limitations in movements due to medical conditions, spending too much time in a bed or chair. They are classified by stages from superficial to deep penetrating to bone.
Venous Ulcers
Wounds that develop due to poor venous return from the legs. Due to the chronically dysfunctional veins (chronic venous insufficiency), the veins cannot adequately transport blood quickly from the legs back to the heart. The valves that stop the flow of blood back into the veins become incompetent, causing blood to pool and widen the veins. This so-called stasis damages the smallest blood vessels (capillaries), affecting delivery of oxygen and nutrients to tissues. This also causes increased pressure at the limb affecting the weakened skin’s ability to heal. Eventually, the skin is compromised causing even a slight injury to become an open, weeping wound.
Surgical Wounds
During surgery, a cut or incision in the skin is usually made by a scalpel. The incision may fail to heal or may open from the surgical site, usually after a surgical wound infection occurs. Risk factors for infection include diabetes, or a weakened immune system, smoking, older age, obesity, emergency surgeries or longer surgeries.
Arterial Ulcers
Also known as Ischemic ulcers or Ischemic wounds, develop as the result of damage to the arteries due to lack of blood flow to tissues. They are commonly caused by peripheral artery disease (PAD). Unlike other ulcers, these leg wounds can take months to heal, if they heal at all.