An estimated 6.7 million Americans suffer from a non-healing wound consisting of mostly cardiac patients, diabetics, amputees, surgical patients, cancer survivors, and others

Wound Care Treatment is performed by accredited wound care specialists trained in the care and treatment of all types of wounds, acute and chronic. An acute wound is an injury to the skin that occurs suddenly rather than over time. It heals at a predictable and expected rate according to the normal wound healing process. Acute wounds can happen anywhere on the body and vary from superficial scratches to deep wounds damaging blood vessels, nerves, muscles or other body parts.

A chronic wound develops when any acute wound fails to heal in the expected time frame for that type of wound, which might be a couple of weeks or up to six weeks in some cases. Non-healing wounds or Chronic wounds require specialized wound care treatment.

Wound Care Treatment by physicians who are specially trained in wound care can help speed up the healing process, prevent recurrence, and improve quality of life.  The following conditions can benefit from comprehensive wound care:

• Arterial Ulcers:  These can occur from hypertension, atherosclerosis (plugging) and thrombosis (clotting), where the reduced blood supply leads to an ischemic state.
• Venous Ulcers:  These account for more than half of ulcer cases, especially those in the lower limbs (mainly the legs) as associated with deep vein thrombosis, varicose veins and venous hypertension.  Venous stasis leads to venous ulcers, where the blood fails to circulate normally.
• Diabetic Ulcers:  These are a common complication in uncontrolled diabetes, resulting in impaired immune function, ischemia (due to poor blood circulation) and neuropathy (nerve damage), which eventually lead to breakage of skin and ulceration.
• Pressure Ulcer: The constant pressure and friction resulting from body weight over a localized area for prolonged duration can lead to breakage of skin and ulceration (also known as bed sores); especially on the back and on the ankles and feet.
• Infectious wounds:  Whether it is bacterial, fungal, or viral, if the cause of the infection is not treated with the proper medication, the wound will not heal properly in the expected time.
• Radiation Injury Wounds:  Regardless of whether the source of radiation was theapeutic (gamma rays or x-rays) or accidental (exposure to radioactive materials from nuclear plant accidents or radioactive devices that detonate), excessive exposure to ionizing radiating materials can weaken the immune system, cause damage to exposed tissue and delay the healing time of all wounds.
• Surgical Wounds:  Wounds caused by incisions made during surgery can progress to chronic wounds if the blood supply to the surgery area was accidentally damaged or if wound care was inadequate.  Both can delay the healing time of a wound.
• Inflammatory Wounds:  Wounds that may develop as a manifestation of a variety of different diseases or may result from some non-disease phenomena.  Most of these wounds correlates to autoimmune or connective tissue disease.
• Cancerous Wounds:  Wounds that harbor cancerous cells disallowing the wound from healing.

As a general rule of thumb, wound care treatment should be considered when any break in the skin that has not improved over the course of 3-4 weeks.  The wound may not be healing because of swelling, infection, lack of blood flow, or pressure on the wound.  Additionally, if your wound matches any of the following, you could benefit from wound care treatment:

• Diabetic foot ulcers
• A wound that has failed to show significant progress in 2-4 weeks of standard care
• You exhibit significant deterioration, extensive new necrosis, soft tissue infection, or osteomyelitis
• The wound involves deep tissue structures, or is limb or life-threatening

Maryland Vascular Specialists is committed to providing exceptional, compassionate care to the patients and the communities we serve.  We are here to lend a healing hand in a safe and comfortable environment while encouraging active participation in treatment.  Our focus is on providing the highest quality medical services, education, coordinated care with safety in mind.  Additionally, our leadership and many accreditations ensure you will receive quality care, supervision, and expert guidance at MVS.

When you combine your wound care treatment with our sister practice, MVS Woundcare & Hyperbarics, you get the benefit of world class doctors and the advantage of the advanced therapies and progressive treatments offered through Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy.  We would like to extend a warm welcome to MVS Woundcare & Hyperbarics' Chief Medical Officer, the Baltimore area’s Top Doc for 2023, Dr. Zaid Mirza.  Learn more about Dr. Mirza.

Now Offering Advanced Treatments with MVS-Accredited Wound Care Partner MVS Woundcare & Hyperbarics

With 7 locations in Maryland your patients requiring advanced treatment can receive care in a relaxing office-based environment minus the big city hassles of parking and paying.

Avoid the Cost of Hospital Affiliated Facilities

Local, hospital-affiliated wound care centers may charge up to $500 per visit in facility and provider fees.  MVS lowers your patient’s out-of-pocket costs by only charging an average of $130 per visit.

With no facility fees your patients save money!

A patient with a non-healing wound can save an average of $3,000 based on an eight appointment treatment plan.