Wound Care at Saint Anne's Hospital

Comprehensive Wound Care in Fall River, MA

The Wound Care Center of Saint Anne’s Hospital offers a comprehensive treatment program for patients of all ages who have chronic wounds caused by diabetes, poor circulation, or other conditions, utilizing advanced techniques from a team of wound care specialists. 

Wound Care Team

Our multidisciplinary team includes experienced multispeciality physicians, including podiatry, cardiology; vascular, general and plastic surgeons; and nurses specially trained in ostomy/wound care. They utilize the most advanced techniques in designing and delivering an individualized treatment plan in conjunction with each patient’s referring physician.

Meet our team

Comprehensive Treatment Options for Healing Wounds

A variety of treatment options are available depending on type and severity of a wound. Treatment may include the following:

• Complete medical history and wound assessment
• Coordination and referral for nutrition evaluation, and other therapies and home care services
• Debridement and surgical intervention
• Diabetic education
• Doppler ultrasound
• Infectious disease management
• Laboratory evaluation
• Negative pressure wound therapy
• Nuclear medicine and radiology
• Nutritional management
• Pain management
• Patient and caregiver education
• Therapies and home care referrals
• Vascular evaluation, including MRI/MRA
• Wound protection and management

Patients who need hyperbaric oxygen therapy are treated in coordination with Morton Hospital in Taunton. 

Wound Conditions We Treat

The experienced medical staff designs and implements individualized treatment plans in conjunction with each patient’s referring physician to help with the recovery of conditions such as: 

• Diabetic/neuropathic wounds
• Wounds resulting from trauma
• Vascular wounds/lower leg ulcers
• Pressure ulcers/bedsores
• Surgical dehiscence
• Cancer wounds
• Other non-healing wounds 

When to get a referral or appointment:

• Wounds that fail to show significant improvement
• Any wound, which involves tendon, ligament, bone or joint, especially those that include abscesses, osteomyelitis, necrotic tissue in wound or surrounding tissue
• Neuropathic ulcers in diabetic patients, especially those with accompanying foot deformity
• Wounds with significant ischemia
• Venous wounds, especially those with an arterial component
• Wounds in compromised patients