Outpatient Wound Care

Who needs wound care? Maybe you do.

Any cut, nick, scrape, puncture, incision, sore, blister … any traumatic opening in the skin is vulnerable to deeper skin erosion, infection and complications. Especially for people with diabetes or heart conditions, infection can be life threatening. Don’t risk infection and possible damage to your heart, your organs or your limbs.

We treat a wide range of wounds including:

Pressure sores, stages 1, 2, 3 and 4
Ulcers — neuropathic and others
Surgical incisions
Burns
Venous stasis wounds
Ischemic wounds

Our Treatment Plan

When you come to us with stubborn or infected wounds, we’ll investigate, analyze and then develop an individualized treatment plan. Our goal is to assemble the best approaches possible to get you up and about and back to your life.

We may need to remove unhealthy tissue
Oral medication in addition to topical solutions might be appropriate
Hyperbarics might be helpful

Help for hard to heal wounds

Evening and Saturday appointments are available.

Call 702-369-7571 for an evaluation.

Hyperbarics — Pure and Simple

All you do is lie down in a hyperbaric chamber and breathe. The high concentration of oxygen assists red blood cells in their fight against infection and speeds the building of healthy tissue. It’s a noninvasive, painless, easy, natural way to assist healing.

Positive effects include:

Accelerated healing
Decreased morbidity and long-term disability
Reduced cost of care
Improved quality of life

In addition to helping wounds heal, our hyperbaric oxygen therapy is used for:

Actinomycosis
Skin grafts and flaps, for preparation of the graft bed when hypoxia is demonstrated preoperatively, and for postoperative support
Acute Peripheral Arterial Insufficiency
Acute Traumatic Peripheral Ischemia
Chronic Refractory Osteomyelitis
Compromised Skin Graft/Flap
Crush Injury
Diabetic Wounds of Lower Extremities
Gas Gangrene (clostridial myositis and myonecrosis)
Osteoradionecrosis
Progressive Necrotizing Infection
Soft Tissue Radionecrosis (delayed radiation injury)

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