RWJ Hamilton Center for Wound Healing
Specialized Care for All Types of Wounds
Do you have a wound that won't heal? The RWJ Hamilton Center for Wound Healing can help. Our skilled staff of physicians and nurses have advanced training in wound management and hyperbaric medicine, and can develop and implement a course of treatment specific to your diagnosis and needs. We have been extremely successful in treating chronic wounds that have previously resisted healing.
Therapies include proven wound care practices such as wound care products, dressings, antibiotics and hyperbaric oxygen therapy to help heal chronic wounds. We can help with:
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Slow-healing wounds
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Diabetic wounds Bone infections
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Ulcers or sores of the foot, leg or body
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Radiation-related wounds
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Crush injuries
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Compromised surgical grafts
About Your Treatment
After an initial evaluation, wound assessment and health evaluation, we will develop a treatment plan for you. You will be given instruction on how to care for your wound at home, including dressing changes and protection of your wound from additional injury and complications.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) is a simple, non-invasive, painless medical treatment that enhances the body's natural healing process and strengthens the immune system. Delivered by trained specialists, HBOT therapy is an effective treatment option for most chronic wounds, resulting in more rapid and complete healing for patients. HBOT can be used to treat the following types of wounds:
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Diabetic wounds of the lower extremity
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Chronic refractory osteomyelitis
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Osteoardinoecrosis
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Soft tissue radioencrosis
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Comprised skin grafts and flaps
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Acute peripheral arterial insufficiency
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Acute traumatic peripheral ischemia
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Progressive necrotizing infections
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Actinomycosis
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Crush injuries and suturing of severed limbs (acute)
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Gas gangrene (acute)
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Gas embolism
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Acute carbon monoxide poisoning
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Cyanide poisoning
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Decompression sickness
Call for an appointment: 609.249.8300.
