COVID19, Wound Care

Intensive wound-care treatment helps save woman’s COVID-19-damaged hands and feet

Norton Wound Healing Center – Brownsboro’s oxygen-rich hyperbaric chamber recently helped save the fingers and toes of a woman whose blood vessels were damaged by COVID-19. The chamber typically is used to help cancer patients’ blood vessels heal after radiation treatment. When the patient arrived at the Norton Brownsboro Hospital campus for an appointment with…

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Cancer, Skin Cancers, Wound Care

Find out why maggots are lucky, not yucky, for treating serious wounds

Fair warning: If you’re squeamish, you may find this a bit gross. However, it’s quite amazing when you consider the end results. Jae Jung, M.D., Norton Cancer Institute, is melding ancient knowledge with new technology to heal hard-to-treat wounds. Dr. Jung, Kentucky’s only oncologic dermatologist, calls maggots “the real stars of this success story.” Maggot…

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