Wound Care

If you suffer from severe or chronic wounds caused by diabetes, poor circulation or other problems, our Wound Care Services Team can help.

Wound Care Services is a department and partnership of health care providers from Mayo Clinic Health System who are specially trained in wound management. Your wounds have a better chance to heal when you’re involved in a program of whole-body care.

• Pressure ulcers
• Neuropathic or diabetic ulcers
• Ischemic ulcers
• Venous insufficiency
• Traumatic wounds
• Surgical wounds
• Vasculitis
• Peristomal skin irritations or complications
• Ostomy services

• Topical wound medications
• Specialized dressings
• Debridement of non-viable or infected tissue 
• Compression wrapping
• Gradient compression stockings
• Off-weighting and pressure reduction 

• Surgical wound closure
• Vacuum assisted closure
• Growth factors

• Nutritional assessment and counseling
• Diabetic teaching
• Patient and caregiver counseling
• Pain management
• Orthotics
• Pressure relief mattresses
• Prosthetics/Amputee clinic
• Therapy services

• Certified wound care nurses
• Health care educators
• Vascular care providers for vein and artery diseases
• Physiatrists
• Physical therapists

Physical Therapy provides treatment for different types of swelling. Complete decongestive therapy (CDT) is used to treat problems such as lipedema, lymphedema, phlebolymphedema, chronic venous insufficiency and post-traumatic edema. CDT treatments consist of:

• Manual lymphatic drainage
• Compression bandaging
• Therapeutic exercises
• Skin/Wound care
• Garment fitting

• Electrical stimulation
• Ultrasound
• Infrared

Visit the Surgery or Physical Medicine pages for additional information.