Vascular Wound Care for Nonhealing Foot & Leg Wounds

A cut or blister on the foot should heal in a couple of weeks. When it doesn’t, especially for people with diabetes, poor circulation is often the reason. Blood carries the oxygen and nutrients a wound needs to heal, and when blood vessels in the legs are narrowed or blocked, even a small sore can linger for weeks or months.

Dr. Adam Keefer at Vascular & Vein Center in West Ashley explains how a vascular evaluation can find the cause of a slow-healing wound. Many treatments to open blocked vessels and improve blood flow are done in the office, and many patients go home the same day without a hospital stay. Read about vascular wound care.