About

Abbott Northwestern Hospital’s wound clinic evaluates and treats non-healing wounds on the fourth floor of its Minneapolis hospital. The clinic combines wound management with hyperbaric therapy and related podiatry and vascular services.

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Clinic services

• Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for wounds
• Wound evaluation and management
• Debridement
• Advanced wound dressings
• Bioengineered skin substitutes
• Compression therapy
• Podiatry
• Vascular and endovascular services

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Conditions listed by the clinic

• Diabetic foot wounds
• Chronic bone infections (osteomyelitis)
• Compromised skin grafts and surgical incisions
• Radiation damage to soft tissue and bone
• Complex chronic non-healing wounds

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Planning your visit

A typical course involves approximately 90-minute sessions, five days a week, averaging six weeks. Duration is adjusted to the reason for treatment.

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