Wound Care
Wound Types & Healing Therapies
Chronic wounds
There are many types of chronic wounds (wounds that don’t heal through normal treatment methods). The most common types of problem wounds include:
- Diabetic foot ulcers
- Arterial ulcers
- Pressure ulcers
- Vasculitic ulcers (leg)
- Nonhealing surgical wounds
- Chronic wounds
- Venous stasis ulcers (ulcers and skin damage due to malfunctioning veins)
- Traumatic wounds
If you answer yes to one or more of these questions, you may benefit from a consultation and individualized treatment plan.
Do you have:
- An open sore, ulcer or injury that hasn’t healed after two weeks of treatment?
- Swelling, weepy, blisters or open sores on your legs?
- Skin on legs that appears scaly or has changed color?
- Side effects of radiation treatment, such as wounds that won’t heal, dry mouth, teeth issues or painful swallowing?
- Surgical incisions that have not healed?
- Open or painful areas on your buttocks, tailbone or hips?
- Bone infections?
- A nonhealing wound along with diabetes, circulation issues or an autoimmune disorder?
- Wound with exposed muscle, tendon or bone?
A referral by your Mayo Clinic Health System provider is needed to start your care today.
Ostomy care
If you have an ostomy, our wound and ostomy care nurse can meet with you before and after surgery. Follow-up care is available for fitting of appliances and concerns about possible complications. For additional information, read about adapting to life after colostomy, ileostomy or urostomy.
Call 507-377-4161 for an ostomy care appointment.
Wound healing therapies
If you suffer from a chronic, or non-healing, wound, ask your Mayo Clinic Health System provider about a referral to us. We will work with you and your physician to determine the best form of treatment.
- Wound debridement
- Compression therapy
- Bio-engineered dressings
- Offloading
- Antibacterial treatment
- Vacuum-assisted wound closure/hyperbaric oxygen therapy