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.

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Wound center in Franklin, North Carolina

If your wound is chronic or difficult to manage, we are here to help.

When a wound isn't healing as it should, you may need specialized care. The experts at Angel Medical Center provide everything from preventive treatments to surgical procedures, to give your body the help it needs to begin healing.

Types of wounds we treat

We provide care for a variety of chronic and complex wounds and wound-related conditions, including:

Air or gas embolisms
Burns
Carbon monoxide poisoning
Compartment syndrome
Crush injuries
Decompression sickness
Diabetic foot ulcers
Gas gangrene
Lower-extremity leg ulcers
Necrotizing soft tissue infections

Nonhealing wounds
Osteoradionecrosis (ORN)
Pressure ulcers
Radiation tissue damage
Radiation wounds
Skin tears or lacerations
Slow-healing wounds
Soft tissue radiation necrosis
Spider bites
Venous stasis ulcers

Wound care services we offer

Our wound specialists know the importance of attentive care for chronic and hard-to-heal wounds.

Diagnostic wound care

Our experts continually monitor your wound and measure its blood and oxygen levels through a number of tests, such as:

Ankle-brachial index (ABI) testing
Doppler testing
Transcutaneous oxygen monitoring (TCOM)

These tests also provide insights that allow our team to map out a detailed care plan and determine your candidacy for specialized treatments.

Nonsurgical wound care

Medical wound treatments help prevent infections and promote healing. Our team provides a variety of procedures and treatments to care for your wound site, including:

Advanced topical dressings and products
Biological dressings
Compression wraps
Debridement
Growth factor therapy
Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT)
Total contact casting
Unna boots

Further care we provide includes foot and nail care to avoid injury, as well as offloading to keep weight off of any affected extremities.

Surgical wound care

Wounds which are extremely complex or don't respond to treatments may require surgery. If this is the case, surgical evaluation and planning allow our specialists to determine the treatment plan for complicated conditions, such as nonhealing, limb- and life-threatening wounds.

Surgical wound procedures we offer include: