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Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Medicine at Yale New Haven Health provides compassionate and advanced care to anyone with a wound, whether minor, complex or chronic. We are committed to giving each individual specialized care with the goal of resuming a normal lifestyle, with the best possible quality of life.
We treat any type of wound, no matter how recent or how long it has been present. We specialize in caring for those who have difficulty healing due to diabetes, poor circulation, vein disease, trauma, surgical incisions, infections, medication (such as steroids), radiation therapy, autoimmune disorders and wounds resulting from immobility.
Our highly specialized and experienced team provides an integrated and comprehensive approach to patient care. We work with referring physicians to create an individual treatment plan specific to the patient and their wound. We provide complete assessment, treatment and education.
Our wound care experts include:
*This service may not be offered at all locations.
We offer state-of-the-art technologies and clinical expertise. To ensure all aspects of care are considered, our team works with other specialists including, but not limited to:
We offer a comprehensive range of wound care services and therapies including:
*This service may not be offered at all locations.
Our team of experts work together to provide the highest-quality care including, but not limited to, topical burn-scar treatments, skin grafting, burn therapy, burn scar treatment and burn and skin graft follow-up care.
The burn team includes:
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is a medical treatment during which patients breathe 100 percent oxygen inside a compression chamber. This enriched oxygen environment promotes the development of new blood vessels, assists the white blood cells in fighting infections, reduces inflammation and promotes the growth of new tissue and skin within certain wounds and conditions.
Hyperbaric oxygen chambers are designed for patient comfort. Patients can rest, sleep, or watch television or a DVD.
Bridgeport Hospital Milford Campus, Greenwich Hospital and Lawrence + Memorial Hospital offer single-person hyperbaric chambers. Bridgeport Hospital offers the only multi-person hyperbaric chamber in Connecticut.
HBOT is considered adjunctive therapy in the treatment of certain medical conditions including but not limited to:
Our specialists provide expert and early diagnosis to high-risk patients and facilitate timely treatment that is proven to preserve threatened limbs. Yale New Haven Health’s Heart and Vascular Center offers specialized, multidisciplinary services to manage patients with non-healing lower extremity wounds. This includes patients with critical limb ischemia, peripheral arterial disease, diabetic foot and ankle complications and other cardiovascular diseases. A care team includes specialists in vascular medicine, vascular surgery, interventional cardiology, podiatry, interventional radiology and other areas as needed.
Ostomy services are available to teach patients and their loved ones the importance of caring for ostomies to avoid complications and improve quality of life. Our team has expertise in supporting and educating patients, managing their supplies and treating skin care issues and associated wounds or problems to promote self-sufficiency in their ostomy care.
Patients do not need a referral to receive HBOT unless required by insurance. To make an appointment or to submit a referral, call or fax the preferred delivery network.
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Diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at 16, Winston was a former basketball star at Central High School. Since then, he has struggled with complications, like the peripheral neuropathy (nerve damage) that led to loss of sensation in his feet. Because of this nerve damage, Winston suffered a burn on the bottom of his right foot during that shower.
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