Don't Let Small Wounds
Become Big Problems
|  Richard Minehart, MD |
"Wounds become portals for infection," says Richard Minehart, MD, Medical Director of the Wound Care Center at Central Montgomery Medical Center (CMMC). "If infections tunnel down into the bones, patients may require amputations."
Mending Wounds, Healing Hearts
If you've been nursing an open wound,
come to the center. Dr. Minehart says
patients who recover from chronic wounds
avoid serious consequences and "get their
lives back."
Wound care removes necrotic (dead) tissue, while cleansing and dressing wounds to promote healing. Treatment includes:
- Debridement -- Removal of callous tissue through surgical and nonsurgical methods. Tissue may be excised manually or dissolved with enzyme treatments.
"By providing the right environment for healing, new blood vessels can grow and chemicals can be released to encourage wound contraction," Dr. Minehart explains.
- Grafting -- The Apligraft®, a surgical graft made from human cells, covers open wounds in patients who do not have enough tissue to seal wounds. By avoiding skin grafting (taking tissue from elsewhere on the body), the creation of a new wound is avoided.
- Hyperbaric oxygen therapy -- Wounds heal faster with "super-oxygenation;" oxygen treatments that are pressurized at 2.5 to three times atmospheric pressure. Patients are seated in hyperbaric chambers, and may undergo daily treatments until wounds heal.
To learn if you are a candidate for wound care, please call 215-361-6782.
Act Fast; Save a Limb
Did you know that most
"healthy" wounds heal within a
week? If your wound persists, see your
healthcare provider.
Wound assessments are offered at the CMMC Wound Care Center. For more information or to make an appointment, please call 215-361-6782.
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Central Montgomery Medical Center 100 Medical Campus Drive, Lansdale, PA 19446 215-368-2100 | FAX 215-361-4933 |
