Wound care center in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
A nonhealing wound can be worrisome. Our specialists provide help and hope.
Grand Strand Health offers comprehensive wound care services at The Advanced Wound Center in South Strand Medical Center. We develop a personalized care plan that includes advanced treatments provided in a compassionate atmosphere.
Expert advice, available 24/7
Free health-related information is just a phone call away. Our nurses help you understand your symptoms, treatment options and procedures. They will also help you find a provider or specialist and schedule an appointment.
Free health-related information is just a phone call away. Our nurses help you understand your symptoms, treatment options and procedures. They will also help you find a provider or specialist and schedule an appointment.
Types of wounds we treat
Our wound care specialists do everything possible to help you begin healing. We treat acute and chronic wounds, including:
- Abscesses
- Bite wounds
- Burns
- Degloving
- Diabetic wounds
- Infections
- Lymphedema wounds
- Nonhealing surgical wounds
- Pressure ulcers
- Recurring wounds
- Traumatic injuries
- Ulcers
- Vascular ulcers
- Venous stasis ulcers
Wound care treatment and support
We provide education about proper wound care, signs of complications and ways to prevent wounds or infections from recurring. Proper wound care can reduce amputation rates and hospital stays.
Our wound services
Our comprehensive approach to treatment includes:
- Complete medical history and wound assessment
- Compression therapy
- Education for you and your caregiver
- Inpatient physical rehabilitation
- Wound protection and management
Hyperbaric oxygen for wound care
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) delivers high concentrations of pure oxygen into the bloodstream. Breathing oxygen under pressure helps deliver more oxygen to areas struggling to heal due to a lack of oxygen in the surrounding tissues.
HBOT can potentially:
- Facilitate the healing process
- Fight certain types of infections
- Improve circulation
- Stimulate blood vessel growth
Wounds that benefit from HBOT
HBOT can improve wound healing, especially those difficult to heal or affected by severe soft tissue infections. HBOT may be used to treat:
- Carbon monoxide poisoning
- Central retinal artery occlusion (sudden vision loss caused by artery blockage in the retina)
- Chronic bone infections (chronic refractory osteomyelitis)
- Crush injuries
- Injuries to skin or bone as a side effect of radiation therapy
- Nonhealing skin grafts and flaps
- Nonhealing wounds, such as diabetic foot ulcers
- Sudden sensorineural hearing loss (hearing loss caused by nerve damage to the inner ear)
What to expect during HBOT
We aim to make you feel as comfortable as possible during your session. HBOT lasts approximately two hours. Your wound care team will carefully monitor your progress throughout treatment.
The only sensation you will experience is during pressurization, which is the beginning stage of treatment. The slowly increasing pressure will push on your eardrums, similar to the feeling you would experience when landing during a flight or diving to the bottom of a pool. Your wound care specialist will go over some ways to relieve this pressure.
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