BRYAN WOUND CARE
Grateful patients praise teamwork
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t’s no surprise that poorly healing wounds can drastically reduce one’s quality of life. Just ask Michael Roselius or Gene Bruder of Lincoln, who recovered from severe, slowly healing wounds with the help of doctors and staff at Bryan’s wound clinic. The wound clinic has expanded its services on Bryan East Campus. Several local surgeons worked to establish the clinic over the past two decades, and podiatrist Jeffrey Wienke, DPM, CWS-P, of Capital Foot and Ankle joined the team six years ago with the goal of becoming part of the multidisciplinary wound center. Bryan Heart vascular surgeons Sarah Ongstad, MD, and
Sara Hargreaves, MD, also recently joined the team, which includes wound, ostomy and continence nurse Amanda Paprocki, wound treatment associates Alli Selig and Patti Holloway, and the staff of Bryan’s Specialty Clinic. “Drs. Ongstad, Hargreaves and Wienke are averaging about 160 patient visits a month at the clinic,” says Specialty Clinic manager Sharon Hagelgantz, RN. “We care for patients who have chronic wounds from many causes. Some have wounds related to diabetes, but we also treat slow-to-heal bedsores, infected wounds, those involving exposed bone or tendon, and wounds caused by blood flow insufficiencies, trauma
Anne Krause, RN, and Jeffrey Wienke, DPM, meet with Michael Roselius — who credits the staff with “saving my foot and going above and beyond to help it heal.” This story is brought to you by Davis Design. 14 Winter 2020
“I appreciate the doctors and all the staff at the wound clinic. To my great relief, they saved me from needing an amputation.” — Michael Roselius
and other problems.” The team offers sophisticated wound healing technologies, including skin grafting, ultrasonic mist therapy, negative pressure dressings, and specialized dressings and casts. “Our multidisciplinary approach gets at problems underlying chronic wounds,” says Dr. Wienke. “For example, relieving pressure is essential to healing diabetic foot ulcers. We have many ways to do that, from total contact bandage casts to leading-edge surgical procedures. After patients heal, we can arrange custom shoe-fittings to reduce their risk for repeat problems.” Dr. Ongstad and Dr. Hargreaves provide the first line of attack when poor wound healing is due to blood flow problems. “Wounds develop or worsen when artery blockages keep tissues from getting the blood flow and oxygen they need,” Dr. Ongstad explains. “And, if veins aren’t functioning well, blood can pool in the extremities, causing swelling, heaviness,
