Wound Care Surgeons

01/23/2023

Pressure Ulcer Treatment | Pressure Ulcer Diagnosis and Treatment By Wound Care Surgeons

The prevalence of pressure ulcers is increasing due to the ageing population. The elderly living with disabilities or having any other medical condition that restricts them to change their positions or makes them bedridden is at more risk of developing them. Most of the time patients suffering from pressure ulcers aren’t capable of recognizing the possible symptoms which further worsens the situation.

We specialize in the treatment of Chronic, non-healing wounds that take significant time to improve from conventional treatments.



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12/21/2021

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07/20/2021

Have you calculated AMOUNT OF WATWR YOU HAVE TO CONSUME PER DAY in order to keep your body hydrated?

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07/19/2021

Debridement is a natural process that occurs in all wounds and is crucial to healing: damaged and dead tissue, debris and bacteria are removed from the wound, minimising infection risk and encouraging healthy granulation tissue to form, which aids healing.
Dead tissue, slough and debris in a wound can:
-Prevent or delay a wound’s normal healing process
-Mimic or hide infection;
-Attract bacteria to the wound, increasing the risk of infection
-Prevent practitioners from assessing the extent and size of the wound, which is particularly problematic when staging pressure ulcer damage
-Increase odour and exudate
Which wounds need debridement?
      Acute and chronic wounds have different requirements and heal in different ways. Generally speaking, acute wounds, such as surgical wounds, have not been present long enough to develop dead tissue and debridement is more likely to be needed to remove foreign bodies and tissue that has become necrotic. Often, this only needs to be performed once.
        Chronic wounds, such as leg ulcers or pressure ulcers, often contain dead tissue and bacteria. This can be either: dry and leathery in appearance, known as eschar (Fig 1); or soft and brown, grey or yellow in colour, known as slough. Slough is made up of white blood cells, bacteria and debris, as well as dead tissue, and is easily confused with pus, which is often present in an infected wound.Chronic wounds are likely to need repeated debridement as part of ongoing wound care as slough tends to reappear due to the underlying cause of the wound.

07/19/2021

Debridement is a natural process that occurs in all wounds and is crucial to healing: damaged and dead tissue, debris and bacteria are removed from the wound, minimising infection risk and encouraging healthy granulation tissue to form, which aids healing.

Dead tissue, slough and debris in a wound can:

-Prevent or delay a wound’s normal healing process
-Mimic or hide infection;
-Attract bacteria to the wound, increasing the risk of infection
-Prevent practitioners from assessing the extent and size of the wound, which is particularly problematic when staging pressure ulcer damage
-Increase odour and exudate

Which wounds need debridement?
Acute and chronic wounds have different requirements and heal in different ways. Generally speaking, acute wounds, such as surgical wounds, have not been present long enough to develop dead tissue and debridement is more likely to be needed to remove foreign bodies and tissue that has become necrotic. Often, this only needs to be performed once.
Chronic wounds, such as leg ulcers or pressure ulcers, often contain dead tissue and bacteria. This can be either: dry and leathery in appearance, known as eschar (Fig 1); or soft and brown, grey or yellow in colour, known as slough. Slough is made up of white blood cells, bacteria and debris, as well as dead tissue, and is easily confused with pus, which is often present in an infected wound.Chronic wounds are likely to need repeated debridement as part of ongoing wound care as slough tends to reappear due to the underlying cause of the wound.

07/15/2021

▪️Arterial ulcers also referred to as ischemic ulcers, are caused by poor perfusion (delivery of nutrient-rich blood) to the lower extremities.

▪️Symptoms of Arterial Ulcers
Arterial ulcers are characterized by a punched-out look, usually round in shape, with well-defined, even wound margins. Arterial ulcers are often found between or on the tips of the toes, on the heels, on the outer ankle, or where there is pressure from walking or footwear. These ulcers are generally very painful, especially while exercising, at rest, or during the night.

▪️The most common causes of arterial ulcers are:

*Restrictions to blood vessels due to peripheral vascular disease
*Chronic vascular insufficiency
*Vasculitis (inflammatory damage of blood vessels)
*Diabetes mellitus
*Renal failure
*High blood pressure
*Arteriosclerosis (hardening of the arteries)
*Atherosclerosis (thickening of the arteries, due to the buildup of fatty materials)
*Trauma
*Limited joint mobility

▪️Treatment of Arterial Ulcers
The primary goal of the treatment of arterial ulcers is to increase circulation to the area, either surgically or medically. Surgical options range from revascularization in order to restore normal blood flow to amputation and rehabilitation in patients who cannot be revascularized. As for non-surgical measures, modifying contributing factors can slow or stop the progression of the local ischemia. Additionally, there are boots and pumps available to augment perfusion to the affected limb.

07/15/2021

Arterial ulcers also referred to as ischemic ulcers, are caused by poor perfusion (delivery of nutrient-rich blood) to the lower extremities.

Symptoms of Arterial Ulcers
Arterial ulcers are characterized by a punched-out look, usually round in shape, with well-defined, even wound margins. Arterial ulcers are often found between or on the tips of the toes, on the heels, on the outer ankle, or where there is pressure from walking or footwear. These ulcers are generally very painful, especially while exercising, at rest, or during the night.

The most common causes of arterial ulcers are:

*Restrictions to blood vessels due to peripheral vascular disease
*Chronic vascular insufficiency
*Vasculitis (inflammatory damage of blood vessels)
*Diabetes mellitus
*Renal failure
*High blood pressure
*Arteriosclerosis (hardening of the arteries)
*Atherosclerosis (thickening of the arteries, due to the buildup of fatty materials)
*Trauma
*Limited joint mobility

Treatment of Arterial Ulcers
The primary goal of the treatment of arterial ulcers is to increase circulation to the area, either surgically or medically. Surgical options range from revascularization in order to restore normal blood flow to amputation and rehabilitation in patients who cannot be revascularized. As for non-surgical measures, modifying contributing factors can slow or stop the progression of the local ischemia. Additionally, there are boots and pumps available to augment perfusion to the affected limb.

07/13/2021

Wound Care Surgeons - Diabetic Gangrene

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- 93% of wounds healed in 6 - 20 weeks!

- 7 days a week services for Feeding Tube Replacements!

- True patient and families support with verified outcomes!

Providing faster-than-ever services, we are taking this model of care to a whole new level: we now have a Wound Care Surgeon Specialist to see your patients in Canoga Park with no waiting time.

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07/12/2021

How to Calculate How Much Water You Should Drink A Day

Your weight: The first step to knowing how much water to drink every day is to know your weight. The amount of water a person should drink varies on their weight, which makes sense because the more someone weighs the more water they need to drink. A two hundred pound man and 100 pound woman require different amounts of water every day.

Multiply by 2/3: Next you want to multiply your weight by 2/3 (or 67%) to determine how much water to drink daily. For example, if you weighed 175 pounds you would multiply that by 2/3 and learn you should be drinking about 117 ounces of water every day.

Activity Level: Finally you will want to adjust that number based on how often you work out since you are expelling water when you sweat. You should add 12 ounces of water to your daily total for every 30 minutes that you work out. So if you work out for 45 minutes daily, you would add 18 ounces of water to your daily intake.