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Belleville, NJ – The Wound Center at Clara Maass Medical Center now offers three hyperbaric chambers as one of its upgrades to the newly remodeled unit.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is a proven medical treatment that uses high-oxygen-pressure to treat various conditions and illnesses, including diabetic ulcers, necrosis of soft tissue and bone due to radiation treatments, gas gangrene and other non-healing wounds.
“By offering HBOT at Clara Maass, our patients will have a safe, painless treatment for their chronic wounds,” said Wayne Caputo, MD, director of The Wound Center at Clara Maass Medical Center. “It also offers a great alternative to having surgery, or with more critical cases, an amputation, which can be difficult to manage down the road.”
Delivered and monitored by trained wound healing center specialists, HBOT works to enhance the body’s natural healing while strengthening the immune system.
Inside the chamber, pure oxygen is administered at an air pressure two to three times higher than that of the external atmosphere. By placing the patient in a high-pressure, high-oxygen environment, the body’s white blood cells significantly increase the body’s ability to heal. As the patient breathes normally, the high pressure atmosphere forces pure oxygen into the bloodstream, increasing blood flow and creating new blood vessels. This increased oxygen delivery to all tissues improves the ability of the white blood cells to kill bacteria and helps boost the body’s own natural healing process.
HBOT is recognized as a successful adjunctive treatment by the American Medical Association, Medicare, and most commercial insurers.
The Wound Center is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. For more information about The Wound Center at Clara Maass, or for a free brochure, please call 1.888.724.7123.
Clara Maass Medical Center, an affiliate of the Saint Barnabas Health Care System, provides a complete continuum of care to residents of northern New Jersey. Clara Maass Centers of medical excellence include the Women’s Health Center, Nuclear Medicine, the Cancer Center at Clara Maass, Diagnostic Cardiac Services including Cardiac Catheterization, Emergency Angioplasty and Rehabilitation, The Pain Management Center, The Joint and Spine Institute, a Vascular Center, Same Day Surgery, The Clara Maass Wound Center, The Center for Sleep Disorders, Rehabilitation Services, Maternity Services and Parent Education, as well as Pediatrics. For a physician referral or more information about Clara Maass, call 1-888-724-7123 or visit www.barnabashealth.org.
Date: August 1, 2008
CONTACT:
Cathy Toscano
July 10, 2008
(973) 450-2996
ctoscano@barnabashealth.org
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