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Belleville, NJ – The Wound Center at Clara
Maass Medical Center now offers four hyperbaric chambers to patients
undergoing hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT).
“HBOT is a safe and painless medical treatment that uses
high-oxygen-pressure to treat chronic wounds,” said Joseph
V. LoBiondo, DPM, director of The Wound Center at Clara Maass
Medical Center. “In some cases it may serve as an alternative
to having surgery, or even an amputation in more critical cases.”
HBOT is delivered and monitored by trained wound healing center
specialists, and 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 an effective treatment for:
- Diabetic ulcers of leg and foot
- Chronic Bone Infection
- Gas gangrene
- Necrosis of soft tissue and bone due to cancer radiation treatments
- Non-healing sores and wounds
- Post surgical procedures
- Preservation of compromised skin grafts
- Other Non-Healing Wounds
HBOT is recognized as a successful adjunctive treatment by the
American Medical Association, Medicare, and most commercial insurers.
For more information about The Wound Center at Clara Maass, please
call 973-844-4070.
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 & Spine
Institute, a Vascular Center, Same Day Surgery, The Wound Center
at Clara Maass, The Center for Sleep Disorders, The Bariatric
Surgery Center, 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: July 1, 2009
Contact: Cathy Toscano
973-450-2996
ctoscano@barnabashealth.org
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