Your care is led by a Foot & Ankle Surgeon who is board certified in wound care. We treat the wound and the cause behind it, and when surgery is what saves the foot, we perform it.
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Dr. Efe Ozturk, a Foot and Ankle Surgeon, is board certified in wound care (FAPWH) and in podiatric medicine (DABPM), and is a Fellow of the American Society of Podiatric Surgeons.
Start with what you notice
Conditions
Not sure where your problem fits? Start with our guides: red, hot, swollen foot, black or discolored toes, foot pain at night, circulation tests, how wounds are evaluated, second opinion before amputation.
Our approach
A foot wound rarely heals until the reason it opened is dealt with: pressure from walking, an infection, poor blood flow, or a foot that has changed shape. We work on all of them together. Careful wound care, offloading and treatment of infection are the foundation, and when an operation is the step that closes the wound and keeps you walking, Dr. Ozturk performs it.
We measure the wound, check circulation with noninvasive testing at our practice and take X-rays on site, and bring in a vascular specialist when blood flow is low.
Antibiotics chosen from cultures, and prompt surgery to drain an infection and remove dead tissue or infected bone when antibiotics alone won’t clear it.
Regular debridement at your visits, with a knee-high cast or walker or the right boot or shoe, so the wound is no longer pressed with every step.
For a wound that stalls despite good care: skin substitutes, a wound VAC or a skin graft, or surgery to correct the bone or deformity holding it open.
Protective shoes and custom inserts, regular check-ups and, when a pressure point keeps breaking down, surgery to correct it help keep a healed foot in remission.
Treatments and limb salvage surgeryWhat happens at a wound care visit
Your surgeon
DABPM, FAPWH, FASPS, FASPM
Foot and Ankle Surgeon
Dr. Ozturk is board certified in wound care, as a Fellow of the Academy of Physicians in Wound Healing (FAPWH), and in podiatric medicine, as a Diplomate of the American Board of Podiatric Medicine (DABPM). He sees you through the whole course of care, from the first wound visit to the operating room when the foot needs surgery.
What patients say
“Wonderful experience! Easy to schedule and get an appointment. Dr. Ozturk had wonderful bedside manner and calming presence.”
“Amazing service from Dr. Ozturk and staff. He’s very direct and professional, overall great experience”
Insurance: Please call our office at 908-215-5953 to inquire about your insurance.
From the blog
Ulcers & offloading
A painless sore on the foot can be more serious than it looks. What the research shows about waiting, what thorough wound care covers, and when surgery is the step that saves the foot.
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Circulation & healing
Calcified leg arteries can make ankle pressures look normal, or even high, when the foot is short of blood. Why toe pressures give a truer picture, and how the numbers shape wound care and surgery.
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Ulcers & offloading
A total contact cast stays on day and night for several weeks. What casting day, cast changes, showers, sleep, work and driving are like, and when to call us.
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Part of a trusted practice
The Limb Salvage Institute brings wound care and the surgery that saves feet together in one place, with the same surgeon, offices, phone number and team as Ozturk Foot & Ankle. For everyday foot and ankle care, visit ozturkfootankle.com. For nerve pain, burning or numbness, see the Lower Extremity Nerve Institute. For planned foot and ankle surgery, such as for bunions, tendons or an ankle problem, see the Center for Lower Extremity Surgery.
Appointments
A visit can show what is keeping the wound open and what will help it close: careful wound care first, and surgery when it is the step that saves the foot. See us within a day or two for any foot wound that isn’t healing, especially with diabetes.