Comprehensive Wound Healing Center at Griffin Hospital
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About
The Comprehensive Wound Healing Center at Griffin Hospital in Derby runs a multidisciplinary program for acute and chronic problem wounds. It lists diabetic foot ulcers, radiation injury to tissue and bone, compromised skin grafts and pressure ulcers among the wounds it treats. Services include wound assessment, debridement, compression therapy, infection management, pain management, patient education and hyperbaric oxygen therapy, which Griffin Hospital says it was among the first in Connecticut to offer. The listed providers include physicians, podiatrists and an advanced practice registered nurse (APRN).
Clinic services
- Hyperbaric oxygen therapy
- Wound assessment
- Wound debridement
- Compression therapy
- Infection management
- Pain management
- Patient education
Conditions
- Diabetic foot ulcers
- Radiation injury to tissue and bone
- Compromised skin grafts
- Pressure ulcers
- Wounds that won’t heal
- Acute and traumatic wounds
- Necrotizing fasciitis
- Clostridial myonecrosis
- Crush injuries
- Surgical complications
- Skin, bone or other tissue infections* (off-label use)
- Burns
- Wounds from radiation therapy for cancer
- Osteoradionecrosis (ORN) of the jaw bone
- Exposed bone or non-healing sores in the mouth after radiation
- Failed skin grafts or flaps
- Radiation cystitis
- Anemia
- Sudden sensorineural hearing loss
* Off-label: outside FDA-cleared HBOT uses. FDA HBOT guidance
Planning your visit
The center’s program includes an extensive wound assessment and patient education, and staff show patients with diabetes how to regularly check their own feet for warning signs. For hyperbaric oxygen therapy referrals, the center works with the referring physician’s office to gather office notes, relevant imaging, prior wound or surgical history and the suspected indication, then reviews eligibility and schedules treatments within days. The care team explains any preparations needed before therapy. During a session the patient lies in the chamber and breathes normally under the supervision of trained caregivers, and is taught techniques to avoid ear pressure discomfort. A typical hyperbaric oxygen therapy session lasts 60 to 90 minutes, usually five days a week, and patients with problem wounds often need 20 to 30 treatments. The center is on the first floor of the East Wing at Griffin Hospital, 130 Division Street. Valet parking and wheelchair assistance to and from HBO treatments are available.
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