Wound treatment and management in Tulsa, OK
At Utica Park Clinic’s Wound Clinic, we understand the challenges that come with chronic wounds, and our specialists are here to provide compassionate care tailored to your needs. Our dedicated team specializes in wound treatment and management, offering a range of acute and chronic wound care services to help you heal. Whether you are dealing with skin ulcers, pressure sores, or any other type of non-healing wound, we are committed to delivering personalized care. Let us support you on your journey to healing with our expert care and compassionate approach.
Chronic wounds we treat
A chronic wound is a wound that has not demonstrated significant improvement in four weeks or healed within eight weeks from the date of onset. The wound team can help with:
- Arterial ulcers
- Bone infections (osteomyelitis)
- Chronic wounds
- Comprise skin grafts
- Diabetic ulcers
- Gangrene
- Infected wounds
- Ischemic limbs
- Non-healing surgical wounds
- Post-operative wounds
- Pressure ulcers
- Radiation burns
- Swelling and ulcers in the lower legs and feet
- Traumatic wounds
- Venous arterial insufficiency
- Venous ulcers
- Wound from vascular disorders
We also provide care for wounds resulting from injury, accident, surgery, or exposure to chemicals. Should you require care for another type of chronic wound not listed above, our wound care specialists will work diligently to ensure you receive the care you need.
Our wound treatments and services
Whether you’re dealing with a diabetic ulcer or a post-operative wound, we provide comprehensive treatments to help you heal. Our services include:
- Advanced wound care dressings
- Autolytic, chemical, or surgical wound debridement
- Bio-engineered skin grafts
- Burn care
- Comprehensive wound evaluation
- Compression therapy
- Customized wound treatment plan
- Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy*
- Negative pressure wound therapy
- Non-invasive vascular assessment
- Nutritional and metabolic analyses
- Ostomy appliance education
- Ostomy pre & post operative education
- Ostomy stoma marking
- Patient education and support services
- Placement and care of live tissue grafts
- Skin grafting
- Tissue oxygen mapping
- Total contact casting
- Vascular testing
- Wound biopsies and cultures
- Wound care education
*HBO therapy is offered at Hillcrest Medical Center, Hillcrest Hospital South and Hillcrest Hospital Pryor. Please call us to learn more about our wound treatment services.
Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is a medical treatment for patients with serious, chronic wounds that need advanced wound care. You will lie down in a pressurized chamber and breathe 100% oxygen for a short period of time. This forces large amounts of oxygen saturation to dissolve into your blood stream and travel throughout your body to promote and accelerate the healing of your wounds.
HBO therapy may be used to treat conditions such as:
- Air or gas embolisms
- Bone infections
- Burns
- Chronic wounds caused by diabetes, circulatory problems or many other conditions
- Crush and other traumatic injuries that compromise blood supply to tissues
- Decompression sickness
- Gangrene
- Poisoning from carbon monoxide or cyanide
- Pressure sores
- Radiation treatment injuries or thermal burns
- Refractory osteomyelitis
- Skin grafts
- Wounds, such as diabetic foot ulcers, that have not healed with other therapies
HBO therapy is offered at all three of the Advanced Wound Center at Hillcrest locations (Hillcrest Medical Center, Hillcrest Hospital South and Hillcrest Hospital Pryor).
What to expect at our Wound Centers
To determine the best course of treatment, the wound care team that is made up of doctors, nurse practitioners and nurses will perform a thorough evaluation of your wound and current health status. They will then design a treatment plan that best fits you. The specialized wound care team will discuss with you the cause of your wound and keep you informed throughout the healing process.
They will provide information on how to:
- Care for your wound
- Recognize early warning signs of complications
- Prevent wounds from happening
Because chronic wounds are often related to other medical conditions, the wound care team communicates the latest progress report to your primary care or referring physician throughout your healing process.