{"id":37607,"date":"2025-08-07T12:38:40","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T12:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/?post_type=procedure&#038;p=37607"},"modified":"2025-12-01T14:27:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T14:27:19","slug":"wound-care-foot-ankle","status":"publish","type":"procedure","link":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/procedure\/wound-care-foot-ankle\/","title":{"rendered":"Wound Care (Foot &amp; Ankle)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What is Foot and Ankle Wound Care?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Podiatric wound care combines medical and surgical techniques to promote healing of ulcers, traumatic wounds, and post\u2011surgical wounds. Components include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Debridement:<\/strong> Removing dead or infected tissue.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Advanced dressings:<\/strong> Moisture\u2011balancing and antimicrobial options.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Offloading:<\/strong> Boots, casts, or orthotics to relieve pressure.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Infection control:<\/strong> Topical or oral antibiotics when indicated.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Vascular assessment:<\/strong> Ensuring adequate blood flow (ultrasound\/ABI).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Adjuncts:<\/strong> Negative pressure therapy, biologic grafts, or growth factors.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Education:<\/strong> Nutrition, glucose control, and home care instructions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What to expect during and after Wound Care?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Regular clinic visits for examination and staged debridement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dressing changes at home or clinic per protocol<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Offloading instructions and activity modifications<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Monitoring of blood sugar and circulation in at\u2011risk patients<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Signs to report urgently: fever, spreading redness, odor, increasing drainage<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A multidisciplinary approach (podiatry, vascular, endocrinology) when needed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":37608,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true},"specialty":[1137],"class_list":["post-37607","procedure","type-procedure","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","specialty-podiatry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/procedure\/37607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/procedure"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/procedure"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"specialty","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/specialty?post=37607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}