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Wound Care Center & Hyperbaric Medicine
Wound Care Center & Hyperbaric Medicine
While most wounds heal quickly, there are specific types of wounds that can cause severe problems. The Wound Care Center offers a comprehensive multi-disciplinary approach with inpatient and outpatient services that result in earlier recovery, less hospitalization, prevention of prolonged or permanent disability, and a high healing rate for complicated wounds.
To accomplish this, Portsmouth Regional Hospital offers hyperbaric medicine, an advanced technology for healing wounds without surgery. In an acrylic hyperbaric chamber, the patient lies or sits comfortably while inhaling pure oxygen to stimulate wound healing and the growth of healthy tissue. Hyperbaric therapy is painless and non-invasive, and is particularly valuable for patients with diabetes.
The Wound Care Center at Portsmouth Regional Hospital is affiliated with Healogics, which has more than 500 centers throughout the United States.
What are chronic, non-healing wounds?
The Wound Care Center defines a chronic, non-healing wound as one that does not heal, or at least improve significantly, within four weeks. Current statistics conclude that nearly 5 million Americans are afflicted with chronic, non-healing wounds.
The most common sufferers of chronic wounds are individuals with:
- Non-healing Surgical Wounds -- wounds that won't heal within four weeks
- Pressure Ulcers -- a common side effect of spinal cord injury, arthritis and other immobilizing disorders
- Arterial Ulcers -- a round-shaped wound caused by impaired circulation often seen on the legs or feet
- Diabetes -- there are 23.6 million children and adults in the United States, or 7.8% of the population, who have diabetes
- Venous Insufficiency -- caused by venous stasis, a disease that affects the effective pumping of blood from the legs back to the heart
Find a Physician
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Carter Peter, MD
Coastal General Surgical Associates
278 Lafayette Road
Building E, Suite 6
Portsmouth, NH 3801
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Douglas K. Rhodes, MD
Portsmouth Radiological Associates, PA
264 Lafayette Road
Building B
Portsmouth, NH 3801
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John P. Rinard, DO
Hospitalists - Portsmouth Regional Hospital
Portsmouth Regional Hospital
333 Borthwick Avenue
Portsmouth, NH 3801
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Sunita Sharma, MD
Hospitalists - Portsmouth Regional Hospital
333 Borthwick Avenue
Portsmouth, NH 3801
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O. R. Stevens, MD
Portsmouth Radiological Associates, PA
264 Lafayette Road
Building B
Portsmouth, NH 3801
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Locations
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Coastal General Surgical Associates
278 Lafayette Road
Building E, Suite 6
Portsmouth, NH 3801 -
Portsmouth Radiological Associates, PA
264 Lafayette Road
Building B
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Hospitalists - Portsmouth Regional Hospital
Portsmouth Regional Hospital
333 Borthwick Avenue
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Hospitalists - Portsmouth Regional Hospital
333 Borthwick Avenue
Portsmouth, NH 3801
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