Wound Care
Your care experts to help you live better with chronic, non-healing wounds
The wound care specialists at Novant Health are here to ease your pain or discomfort caused by chronic, non-healing wounds. Our compassionate teams deliver skilled, comprehensive wound treatment so you can more easily complete your normal routines and enjoy an improved quality of life.
Chronic Wound Management That Empowers You to Thrive
The following condition and treatment lists do not necessarily show all services we offer. Conditions treated and services provided can vary by wound care center.
Wound care specialists deliver advanced treatment for chronic, complex wounds that are caused by conditions like the following:
- Radiation-related injury
- Ulcers (including venous stasis and decubitus)
- Diabetic foot wounds
- Bone infection
- Surgical wounds that aren't healing
- Wounds caused by artery damage (arterial wounds)
- Traumatic injury (burn wound care is treatment for chronic injury caused by a burn)
- Skin grafts that aren't healing well
We also treat wounds whose source you don’t know.
Advanced Wound Care Treatments
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is a leading-edge, non-invasive medical treatment. This treatment speeds up your healing process by delivering high concentrations of oxygen (hyperoxygenation) to your bloodstream.
Our wound care specialists often play an essential role in limb preservation care. As part of a holistic, multidisciplinary care team, they provide specialized treatment for diabetic foot ulcers and other slow-healing wounds before they threaten your mobility or loss of limb.
Negative pressure therapy — also called a vacuum assisted closure — is an advanced wound dressing technique for complex and chronic wounds. Fluid and infection are pulled out of the wound using a suction pump. This reduces swelling caused by trapped fluid (edema) and helps your body heal.
Wound debridement is the removal of damaged, unhealthy, or dead tissue from a wound, such as calluses. This helps reduce inflammation and risk of infection and helps you heal better.
To enhance your healing and wound care journey, your wound care specialist may give you referrals for other long-term therapies, such as physical therapy.
Human and cellular based tissue products (HCT/Ps) — also called skin substitutes — are bioengineered wound dressings that mimic the makeup and role of your own cells and skin. They can be a minimally invasive alternative to surgical skin grafts to help wounds close, promote healing, and reduce pain.
Dive medicine is a specialized, niche service that only certain providers offer to help commercial divers get certified. Dive medicine is currently available in the Charlotte area only.
Wound Care or Urgent Care?
Wound care centers provide advanced treatment for wounds that:
- You have had for a while (chronic)
- Have not been healing for a month or more
- Require ongoing, specialized care
You need an appointment to go to a wound care clinic.
Examples of situations where you should go to an urgent or walk-in care clinic for your wound include when you or a loved one has an immediate need to get:
- Sutures removed or changed
- A wound dressed
- An abscess drained
Go to an emergency room when you or a loved one:
- Has a wound or injury that requires immediate, lifesaving treatment
- Need urgent care when urgent cares are closed
Why Choose Novant Health?
At Novant Health’s wound care centers, you can expect to be treated not only with expert skill, but also with compassion and respect. Our specialists have years of expertise in treating a range of complex chronic wounds. We are driven to help you heal so you can focus on what matters most to you.
Novant Health’s wound care specialists focus on providing you with the highest level of advanced wound care. We are knowledgeable and skilled in delivering the latest chronic wound care treatments — including hyperbaric oxygen therapy — designed to improve outcomes and enhance healing.
Feel confident about your chronic wound care knowing Novant Health only uses therapies for conditions they are approved and intended to treat.
Your best interests are our top priority. To hold ourselves accountable to delivering safe, quality care, we pursue — and achieve — national certification, such as from the American Board of Wound Management and the Undersea & Hyperbaric Medical Society.
Certifications held can vary by provider and facility.
We treat you like a person, not a patient. Novant Health’s specialists take time to listen to what you’re experiencing to ensure we clearly understand your wound care goals and recommend an expert care plan tailored to your needs.
You don’t need to travel far to find expert relief for your chronic, non-healing wound. A Novant Health wound care clinic is near you so you can access the treatment you need close to home.
Get a Wound Care Appointment.
Wound care centers do not accept walk-ins — you must have an appointment to see a wound care specialist. To set up an appointment, either:
- Talk to your primary care provider to see if you’re a candidate for wound care. They can give you a referral.
- Call the clinic near you to make an appointment. (Depending on the location, they may direct you to first get a referral from your doctor.)
Conditions treated and services provided can vary by wound care center. Be sure to work with your provider to schedule at the right location for you.
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