MercyOne North Iowa Vascular & Wound Center

MercyOne North Iowa Wound Care offers comprehensive treatment options to help the body repair damaged tissue, speed up the healing process, prevent infections and reduce pain to ensure optimal recovery.

Services

We provide treatment for these common wounds:

• Pouching and other skin-related concerns related to ostomies.
• Skin ulcers or sores that develop from other health complications.
• Skin ulcers are usually caused by inadequate blood flow or nerve problems often associated with diabetes.
• Sores that develop on arms and legs from inadequate blood flow.
• Traumatic crush injuries.
• Venous ulcers.
• Wounds caused by surgical incisions that did not heal properly.
• Wounds that develop over tissue that has previously received radiation treatment.

Treatment options

There are multiple reasons a wound may not heal properly.  Primary causes of a breakdown in the wound-healing process can include infection, tissue ischemia/hypoxia, inadequate wound responsiveness or unrelieved pressure. MercyOne offers:

• Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT)
• Bio-engineered skin substitutes.
• Negative pressure therapy and off-loading to provide an optimal healing environment.