Wound Center

Advanced caring for difficult wounds: normally minor wounds, cuts, scratches, burns sores and scrapes are no big deal. Some wounds, however, require more advanced treatment.

A Team Approach to Treatment

Treatment of chronic wounds requires a broad approach that takes into account all factors of a person’s health:

age (older people are at higher risk)
malnourishment (especially protein depletion)
trace element deficiencies, especially zinc
vitamin deficiencies, especially vitamin C
compromised general health
steroid use
radiation and chemotherapy
diabetes
smoking
weight loss or obesity

Our wound care team includes experienced professionals who are specialty-certified and credentialed in wound care and hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Depending on a patient’s individual needs, the following professionals may be involved in consultation and treatment:

physicians
nurse practitioners
wound care nurses
hyperbaric technicians
physical therapists
occupational therapists

This team establishes a treatment plan to address each patient’s specific needs. We coordinate care with other professional services including dietitians and diabetes educators to provide total wound care management.

Specialized Care for Serious Wounds

We provide outstanding care for wounds, including:

diabetic ulcers
pressure ulcers
traumatic wounds
venous insufficiency
neuropathic ulcers (abnormal state of the nervous system or nerves)
ischemic ulcers (tissue anemia)
radiation injuries
burns
vasculitis (infl ammation of blood or lymph vessels) and other infl ammatory
ulcers
other chronic, non-healing wounds

The Latest Treatment Options

Care for each wound is determined by its unique characteristics. Once the cause of the wound is determined, our specialists use a variety of advanced clinical treatments, including:

wound dressings
debridement (surgical removal of damaged tissue)
bio-engineered skin grafting
compression therapy
lymphedema management (fluid accumulation due to poor lymphatic drainage)
growth factor therapy
non-invasive vascular assessment
hyperbaric oxygen therapy

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

Advancements in chronic wound treatment technology, particularly in the use of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBO2), have dramatically improved the resolution rates of the most difficult wounds and have given significant hope to patients who are at risk of amputation.

HBO2 delivers 100% oxygen inside a pressurized hyperbaric chamber. Twenty-one percent HBO2 Therapy increases the oxygen delivered to the body’s tissues. Increased oxygen promotes tissue growth.

Conditions that may benefit from HBO2 therapy include:

advanced wound healing
infectious bone disease (chronic, refractory osteomyelitis)
diabetic foot ulcers
acute peripheral arterial insufficiency
preparation and preservation of compromised skin grafts
death of bone and tissue (osteoradionecrosis, radionecrosis)
specific types of diabetic wounds

The Wound Care Center at UK King’s Daughters is the first medical facility in the region to offer comprehensive wound management and hyperbaric oxygen therapy. To find out more about our programs or to schedule an appointment, please contact us. No referral needed.

Wound Care Center
UK King’s Daughters
Medical Plaza A, 617 23rd St.
Suite 215
Ashland, KY 41101
Phone: (606) 408-1260
Fax: (606) 408-6327