At Wound and Burn Centers of America, we provide cutting-edge solutions for chronic wounds, also known as complex wounds. Led by Dr. Hajhosseini, a renowned physician and wound healing specialist, our team is dedicated to addressing the unique challenges of chronic wounds. With advanced techniques and a multidisciplinary approach, we strive to restore health and improve outcomes for patients with complex wounds in Los Angeles.
About Chronic/Complex Wounds
Chronic/complex wounds, or non-healing wounds, are wounds that fail to progress through the normal stages of healing. These wounds do not undergo an orderly and timely series of events to achieve complete closure and functional restoration. Complex wounds present unique challenges, such as low oxygen levels, inadequate blood supply, infection, and prolonged inflammation. At Wound and Burn Centers of America, our expert team specializes in addressing these challenging wounds with innovative approaches to promote healing and improve patients’ quality of life.
Signs & Symptoms Of Chronic/Complex Wounds:
- Lack of progress in wound healing
- Delayed wound closure
- Persistent redness and inflammation
- Increasing wound size or depth
- Recurrent or chronic wound infections
- The presence of necrotic tissue or eschar
- Excessive wound drainage or exudate
- Increased pain or discomfort
- Development of foul odor from the wound
- Wound breakdown or dehiscence
For less common signs of chronic wounds in Los Angeles, call our office.
Chronic/Complex Wounds FAQs
What are all the names for chronic wounds?
Chronic wounds are also known as “complex wounds” and “non-healing wounds.”
What is a chronic wound?
A chronic wound in Los Angeles is a wound that has failed to proceed through an orderly and timely series of events to produce a durable structural and functional closure. It represents a deviation from the normal wound healing process, requiring specialized care and interventions to promote successful healing.
What is the toll of chronic wounds?
Chronic wounds impose an immense socioeconomic burden. In the United States alone, complex wounds affect over 7 million individuals. Costs include an excess of $50 billion spent annually on treatment alone. Additionally, there is a far higher cost associated with years of potential productivity lost due to disability and psychosocial consequences, which are impossible to measure. The toll of chronic wounds is just as high.
What are the normal stages of wound healing?
Wound healing is a complex sequence of events that typically moves through four overlapping stages: hemostasis/coagulation (bleeding stops), inflammation (redness, swelling, warmth, and pain occur), proliferation (new blood vessels grow, collagen is produced, and wound closure takes place), and maturation/remodeling (scar undergoes remodeling and its strength increases). Complex wounds in Los Angeles do not follow the normal order of wound healing stages.
What are the main contributing factors to the development of chronic/complex wounds?
Various factors contribute to developing chronic wounds, as the wound environment presents unique challenges. These factors include insufficient oxygen levels, compromised blood supply, increased oxidative stress (resulting in an excess of free radicals), susceptibility to infections, and an extended inflammatory phase. These circumstances create a complex and difficult-to-heal environment, necessitating specialized approaches to overcome these challenges and promote successful wound healing.
Who is at risk for chronic wounds?
Various factors contribute to developing chronic wounds, as the wound environment presents unique challenges. These factors include insufficient oxygen levels, compromised blood supply, increased oxidative stress (resulting in an excess of free radicals), susceptibility to infections, and an extended inflammatory phase. These circumstances create a complex and difficult-to-heal environment, necessitating specialized approaches to overcome these challenges and promote successful wound healing.
What happens if a chronic wound is left untreated?
Untreated complex/chronic wounds in Los Angeles can have severe consequences. If left unaddressed, they can result in significant pain, increased risk of infections, prolonged disability, potential loss of limb functionality or amputation, and in extreme cases, even loss of life. Timely and appropriate treatment for chronic wounds is essential to prevent these adverse outcomes and promote optimal healing and recovery.
Why Choose Wound and Burn Centers of
America for Chronic Wound Treatment?
Wound and Burn Centers of America is the premier choice for comprehensive and effective treatment of chronic wounds. Our providers possess unparalleled training and expertise. Usual fellowship programs on the subject focus only on “complex wounds” or only on “burns”, but Dr. Babak Hajhosseini is the first physician in the nation to complete separate fellowship programs in both fields. Thus we take pride in being the first provider of wound healing services in the United States, led by a board-certified wound healing specialist who has undergone distinctive fellowship training in both “complex wounds” and “burn injuries”. With our commitment to innovation and exceptional patient care, we strive to deliver the highest standard of treatment for chronic wounds in Los Angeles.
