The Wound Care Center® and Hyperbaric Services are offered at Saint Peter's University Hospital in New Brunswick, NJ and our newest location in Monroe Township, NJ. Our wound care center is a leader in the surgical and nonsurgical treatment of chronic nonhealing wounds. Patients are treated by a multidisciplinary team of board-certified physicians that includes general surgeons, vascular surgeons, plastic surgeons, internists, geriatricians, infectious disease specialists, physiatrists and clinical wound specialists.
Interdisciplinary Approach
The team formulates a personalized plan to treat a variety of conditions, including:
- Compromised skin grafts, flaps and/or replants
- Osteomyelitis
- Pressure ulcers
- Radiation tissue damage
- Reopened surgical wounds
- Venous and arterial disease
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Saint Peter's was the first hospital in the area to offer hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) services. This cutting-edge technology increases the amount of oxygen in the blood and can offer distinct benefits, including:
- Enhanced formation of new blood vessels
- Infection control
- Preservation of damaged tissues
- Wound healing