Chronic Wound Unit

What is Wound?

Damage to tissue integrity due to physical, chemical, thermal, radiation, surgical reasons or spontaneously is called WOUND.

Depth of the involved tissue (superficial-full layer), Development process (acute-chronic), Cause (diabetic, venous, pressure, etc.), Infection status (clean-infected) Condition of the wound (eschar, necrotic, granulated, epithelialized, etc.) can be classified in different ways.

Chronic Wound

Chronic Wounds are wounds that heal late or poorly or that do not heal. (no improvement at 6-8 weeks or no signs of improvement at 4 weeks). Usually, there is an underlying cause that delays healing (vascular problem, diabetes, infection, radiation damage, compression, malnutrition, etc.).

Types of Chronic Wounds

• Diabetic foot (diabetic ulcer, neuropathic, ischemic, neuro-ischemic),
• Venous ulcer (ulcus cruris venosum, venous leg wound, varicose ulcer),
• Pressure sores (pressure sores, pressure ulcers, decubitus sores, bedsores),
• Arterial insufficiency wound (atherosclerotic, vasculitic),
• Radiation damage,
• Post-operative wounds.

A Chronic Wound Unit has been opened for our patients with Chronic Wounds in our hospital and has started to serve by the General Surgery department. Our patients can get service by applying to the Chronic Wound Unit via MHRS (182) or by applying from the patient admission units of our hospital.