CENTER FOR ADVANCED WOUND CARE AND HYPERBARIC MEDICINE
OUR SERVICES
The Center for Advanced Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine at O’Connor Hospital provides quality comprehensive wound management through an interdisciplinary team approach, consisting of medical specialists in general surgery, vascular surgery, plastic surgery, podiatry, infectious disease, orthopedics, emergency medicine, wound and ostomy care certified nurses, and nutritionist/diabetic educators.
With 18 private treatment rooms, patients are seen by physicians and nurses who are trained in detailed, comprehensive wound care, including wound assessment, vascular assessment and intervention, infection control, wound debridement, off-loading and protection, patient education and prevention to ensure rapid and effective healing.
SPECIALIZATION
HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY
The Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBO) program at O’Connor follows ...
LUNA® FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY
The LUNA® system, one of only two in Northern California, has become ...
OSTOMY CARE
Ostomy surgery is treatment for patients with certain gastrointestinal conditions...
FULL LIST OF SERVICES
We use evidenced-based medicine and follow clinical pathway guidelines to ensure rapid and effective healing. We offer state-of-the-art treatments and provide the full spectrum of care and support to optimize individualized, comprehensive patient care plans, including:
- Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
- Advanced Skin Substitutes
- Skin grafting and epidermal grafting
- Flaps
- Debridement
- Revascularization
- Plastic Surgery
- Minimal invasive surgery
- Vascular surgery
- LUNA® Fluorescence Angiography
- MIST Therapy® Ultrasound debridement
- Transutaneous oxygen test
- Skin perfusion pressure test
- Infection prevention and control
- Negative pressure wound therapy
- Specialty support surfaces mapping
- Diabetic education
- Case management
- Patient education and prevention
- Individualized rehabilitation support
- Ostomy Care
We offer evaluation and personalized treatment for a variety of complex and non-healing wounds:
- Diabetic ulcers
- Pressure injuries
- Arterial and Venous ulcers
- Post-op wound infections
- Traumatic injury wounds
- Bone infections
- Radiation wounds
- Gangrene or tissue death
- Complex abdominal wounds
- Enterocutaneous fistulas
- Extremity wounds with edema or lymphedema
- Non-healing surgical wounds
- Skin tears
- Burns
- Wounds occurring after cancer treatments
- Surgical implant infections