White Plains Hospital, a regional leader in the treatment of traumatic, post-operative and chronic wounds in White Plains, recently added lifechanging hyperbaric medical therapy to its services. The newly expanded Carl Weber Center for Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine functions as a regional referral center to treat the most complicated and treatment-resistant wounds that would otherwise potentially result in limb loss.
Central to the hospital”™s new Limb Preservation Program is hyperbaric medicine, delivered through two state-of-the-art hyperbaric oxygen chambers. The high concentration of oxygen is the most advanced therapy to cure infections that are resistant to antibiotics while also boosting healthy tissue growth.
“These state-of-the art chambers are the largest, most cutting-edge chambers currently available for treatment,” said Dr. Joseph Cavorsi, medical director of the Carl Weber Center for Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine.
Hyperbaric therapy is especially beneficial to those with diabetes and who suffer from difficult-to-heal infections of the feet, sometimes referred to as “diabetic foot.” It has been estimated that one out of three people with diabetes 50 years of age or older are at risk of losing a limb.
In addition to wound treatment for patients who suffer from diabetes, the center also treats a diverse range of chronic wounds, which are defined as those that do not properly heal within 30 days, regardless of the cause of the wound or the age of the patient.
The Carl Weber Wound Care Center was named for Dr. Carl Weber, former president of the medical staff and director of surgery who was a beloved champion for all patients ”” especially those whose quality of life was dramatically impacted by chronic wounds.
