Posts Tagged ‘wound healing’
Coordinated Treatment Saves Patient from Double Amputation
For several years, Cynthia Martin, 54, had been working as a federal police officer in Southern Maryland. When the COVID-19 pandemic temporarily shut down most industries in March 2020, she found herself far less active than usual. In January 2021, she noticed a sore on her left heel that wasn’t going away. She tried nursing…
Read MoreLimb Preservation and Wound-Healing Treatments for People with Diabetes
Richard F. Neville, MD, is Associate Director of the Inova Heart and Vascular Institute and Chairman of the Department of Surgery at Inova. He also serves as Co-Director of the Limb Preservation Program. He is board certified in vascular surgery and is a distinguished fellow of the Society for Vascular Surgery. People with diabetes face…
Read MoreInova Mount Vernon Hospital Hyperbaric Oxygen Unit Earns Reaccreditation
Hospital Is Only One in DC Metro Region Awarded This Distinction Alexandria, VA – (November 18, 2010) — Inova Mount Vernon Hospital’s Hyperbaric Oxygen Unit was granted a four-year reaccreditation with special distinction by the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Society (UHMS), a recognition earned by less than twenty percent of accredited medical facilities in the…
Read MoreInova Establishes Wound Healing Center at Inova Fair Oaks Hospital
Inova Serves Patients in Western Fairfax County By Opening Second Wound Healing Center Closer to Home Fairfax, VA – (January 26, 2009) — Persons who suffer from diabetes, peripheral vascular disease or other health issues often develop wounds that have difficulty healing. Until now, patients in the western portion of Fairfax County had to drive many…
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