Wound care specialists in Walterboro, South Carolina
If living with a non-healing wound is affecting your quality of life, we are here to help.
At HCA Healthcare Colleton Hospital, we provide comprehensive wound care services, including methods for preventing wound recurrence or infection and education on proper wound care techniques and signs of complications.
Expert advice, available 24/7
Free health-related information is just a phone call away. Our nurses help you understand your symptoms, treatment options and procedures. They will also help you find a provider or specialist and schedule an appointment.
Free health-related information is just a phone call away. Our nurses help you understand your symptoms, treatment options and procedures. They will also help you find a provider or specialist and schedule an appointment.
Types of wounds we treat
We offer wound treatments for a variety of acute and chronic wounds, including:
- Complex soft tissue wounds
- Diabetic wounds
- Infected wounds
- Non-healing surgical wounds
- Pressure ulcers
- Traumatic wounds
- Vasculitic ulcers
- Venous stasis ulcers
Our wound care center
Our wound care specialists do everything possible to set you up for recovery.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT)
During HBOT, you are placed in a hyperbaric oxygen therapy chamber. The air pressure is then increased two to three times higher than normal. This environment allows the lungs to gather extra oxygen, which promotes the healing of wounds, especially those that are difficult to heal or affected by severe soft tissue infections. HBOT may be used to treat:
- Carbon monoxide poisoning
- Central retinal artery occlusion
- Chronic bone infections
- Crush injuries
- Injuries to skin or bone as a side effect of radiation therapy
- Non-healing skin grafts and flaps
- Non-healing wounds, such as diabetic foot ulcers
- Sudden sensorineural hearing loss
What to expect during hyperbaric wound care
Our goal is to make you feel as comfortable as possible during your HBOT session, which lasts approximately two hours. Your wound care team at our HCA Healthcare Colleton Wound Center, A part of Colleton Hospital will carefully monitor your progress throughout treatment.
You will only feel sensation during pressurization, the first stage of treatment. The slowly increasing pressure will push on your eardrums, similar to what you might experience when landing during a flight or diving to the bottom of a pool. Your wound care specialist will guide you through options to relieve this pressure.
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