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Accidental lacerations occur in daily life, while cooking, scraping an unseen sharp surface or following a traumatic event. Sudden gashes can be deep, involving several layers of skin. Wounds may also result following surgery, radiation treatment or a chronic bone infection, or in people living with diabetes.
When these wounds fail to improve after four weeks, they are considered chronic and need specialty wound care to combat causes like lack of blood flow, infection, pressure or swelling.
With seven locations throughout the metropolitan area, MVS Wound Care & Hyperbarics provides advanced treatments to promote fast healing. A multidisciplinary team of accredited and specialty trained physicians, wound care nurses and nurse practitioners delivers state-of-the-art care that is individualized for the needs of each patient. Appointments are available within 24 to 48 hours to address immediate concerns.
“Wound care continues to evolve,” says Adam Silverman, DPM, a practicing podiatrist and wound care medical director for MVS Wound Care & Hyperbarics. “We utilize the latest therapies to get wounds healed as quickly as possible with the least amount of burden for patients.”
New alginate dressings, antibiotic foams and collagen-based products enable faster recovery from chronic wounds. MVS also utilizes advanced therapies like total contact casts to provide more even distribution of pressure on the feet, advanced tissue grafting using skin substitutes and hyperbaric oxygen therapy to increase blood flow to chronic wounds to generate new blood vessels and fight infection.
Dr. Silverman recommends a consultation if a serious wound fails to lessen by 50% in four weeks.
“The sooner it can be treated, the better,” he says.
MVS Woundcare & Hyperbarics
mvswoundcare.com
410.433.4300
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