Wound care
Wound care involves medical interventions to heal a wound after injury. Specialized treatment is provided for wounds that are nonhealing or refuse to heal on their own. A vital aspect of treatment includes learning how to properly dress and care for a wound.
Wound care clinic in Brandon, Florida
Having a nonhealing wound can impact your quality of life, which is why the specialists at HCA Florida Brandon Hospital are here to help.
At our outpatient Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine Center in Brandon, we offer comprehensive wound care and reconstructive services. Our team has extensive experience in healing complex wounds and restoring the appearance of areas affected by wounds and other conditions. Working together, our wound specialists, therapists and surgeons provide the complete care you need to heal and restore your quality of life.
Wounds and wound-related conditions we treat
Our wound care team treats acute and chronic wounds as well as some conditions that cause wounds, including:
- Abscesses
- Bites
- Burns
- Chronic bone infections
- Crush injures and other traumatic injuries that impact blood supply to tissues
- Degloving injuries (severe skin tears that affect blood flow)
- Diabetic leg and foot wounds
- Nonhealing skin grafts and flaps
- Radiation injuries
- Recurring wounds
- Surgical wounds
- Ulcers
Our wound care services
We offer comprehensive treatment options for all types of wounds.
Our wound care specialists take time to evaluate your condition and medical history to help create a personalized treatment plan for you.
Our team also provides education around successful wound healing. They offer education about proper wound care, signs of wound complications and ways to prevent wounds from reoccurring.
Please note if you need emergency care for a wound, you may come to our hospital's 24/7 emergency room (ER) for treatment.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT)
HBOT is an advanced type of treatment we use to heal wounds and a variety of other conditions, such as carbon monoxide poisoning and central retinal artery occlusion (sudden vision loss due to artery blockage in the retina).
This treatment is especially beneficial for treating wounds that are difficult to heal or affected by severe soft tissue infections.
Benefits of HBOT
During HBOT, patients rest in a pressurized hyperbaric chamber of 100 percent oxygen and breathe normally, increasing the amount of oxygen in the blood. The increase in oxygen:
- Activates white blood cells to fight against infection
- Helps blood carry more oxygen throughout the body
- Promotes wound healing in tissue
Reconstructive surgery
We understand some wounds and conditions can impact the appearance of the affected area. This is why we offer reconstructive surgery as part of our surgical services.
We offer reconstructive surgery for patients affected by a variety of conditions, including:
- Abdominal wall and ventral hernias
- Cancer (such as breast cancer and skin cancer)
- Carpal tunnel
- Chest wall and sternum conditions
- Lymphedema
- Peripheral nerve damage
- Traumatic injuries
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