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Mid-Atlantic Wound Care in Annandale, Virginia, offers highly specialized medical care with a focus on one thing: healing wounds. A. Franklin Hemphill, MD, CWSP, is a certified wound specialist physician with extensive expertise in treating all types of wounds using the most advanced wound care techniques.Treating wounds requires sensitivity to the extent of the wound and a deep awareness of each person's unique health care needs. Dr. Hemphill's treatments have several goals, including relieving each person's pain and providing wound care that promotes healing, prevents scarring to the extent possible, and preserves movement.When caring for a wound, Dr. Hemphill prevents infections with thorough cleaning and debridement. Then he chooses topical treatments and the most appropriate dressing from among today's advanced options.Dressings are specially designed to create the optimal healing environment, whether the wound needs a moist or dry environment, a dressing that delivers antibiotics or controls fluid leakage, or a skin substitute. These choices require Dr. Hemphill's expertise because they make the difference in how the wound heals. While Mid-Atlantic Wound Care treats many different wounds, they frequently work with people who have diabetic wounds, arterial wounds, and ulcers caused by venous disease. These wounds put patients at risk of developing dangerous infections because they don't heal without intensive medical attention.Dr. Hemphill provides comprehensive care for surgical wound complications and lymphedema-related wounds. He also offers burn wound management and treats complex wounds such as trauma-related wounds.To learn more about the services available at Mid-Atlantic Wound Care, call the office or book an appointment online today.