EJGH Offers Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

East Jefferson General Hospital and Wound Care Specialists are proud to announce the opening of the new East Jefferson Wound and Hyperbaric Medicine Center. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy will operate in conjunction with East Jefferson’s existing wound care center which already provides outpatient services to people with chronic or difficult to heal wounds. Hyperbaric medicine, also known as hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT), is the medical use of concentrated oxygen at levels higher than atmospheric pressure. HBOT has numerous indications some of which include the treatment of certain diabetic wounds of the lower extremities, necrotizing soft tissue infections, chronic refractory osteomyelitis, radiation necrosis, and failed skin grafts.

The goal of the East Jefferson Wound and Hyperbaric Medicine Center is to significantly increase patients’ wound healing rates and improve patients’ quality of life.