2007 Oral Abstracts

  1. Evidence – Recognizing Quality
  2. How do we use Evidence to create Consensus?
  3. Diabetic Foot Ulcer – From Fiction to Management
  4. Topical Negative Pressure: A Systematic Review of the Available Evidence
  5. Topical Negative Pressure (TNP) in the Homecare Setting. First Year Experience: 61 Patients
  6. Does Topical Negative Pressure (TNP) assist in the Management of Lymphatic Fistula? – Case Studies
  7. Topical Negative Pressure (TNP) vs. Conventional Wound Care in the Treatment of Wound Failures following Inguinal Lymphadenectomy for Penile Cancer: A Retrospective Study
  8. Topical Negative Pressure (TNP) in the Community
  9. Topical Negative Pressure (TNP) as a Treatment Modality for Surgical Site Infection in Cardiac Surgery. A Prospective Analysis of 37 Cases
  10. Diabetic Foot Reconstruction: Team Approach and the use of Anterolateral Thigh Perforator Flap
  11. Recombinant Human Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF) to Enhance Healing for Diabetic Foot Ulcers
  12. At Risk Foot: Modification of Health Care Provider’s Knowledge after a one year Intervention Program
  13. Optimal Service Provision for Patients with or at Risk of Diabetic Foot Ulcers – A National Consensus Model
  14. Different Expression of Connexin 43 during Wound Healing in an Ex-Vivo Wound healing Model transplanted with Diabetic and Non-Diabetic Keratinocytes
  15. Use of Larvae to eliminate MRSA from colonised Diabetic Foot Wounds
  16. Summary of Procedures at the Treatment of Defect after Amputation in the Ground of Diabetic Foot
  17. When will see You again? The Fate of Conference Abstracts presented at Wounds Conferences
  18. A Transprofessional Comprehensive Assessment Model for Persons with Lower Extremity Leg and Foot Ulcers
  19. Baseline Knowledge of Wound Healing and Wound Bed Preparation (WBP) of Community Doctors and Nurses in Portugal
  20. Silver Treatments for Leg Ulcers: A Systematic Review
  21. The Birth of the first Military Vulnotherapy Unit: One year of Experiences in Wound Care in the Rome Army Military Hospital
  22. A Descriptive Study of Nurses’ Experiences of caring for Patients with Leg Ulcers and their perception of how Patients engage, or not, in Treatment Regimens
  23. Efficacy Safety and Acceptability of a new Two Layer Compression Bandage System in the Management of Venous Leg Ulcers: Results of a French Multicentre Clinical Trial
  24. Efficacy and Cost Effectiveness of a Compression Stocking System for Treatment of Venous Leg Ulcers
  25. Evaluation of Different Parameters in Treatment of Leg Ulcers with Two Alginate based Gels with Multiple Action
  26. Interface Pressure of Three Different Multi-Layer Bandage Systems in Healthy Volunteers; Results of a Prospective Clinical Study
  27. Prevalence of Leg Ulceration in a Suburban Population
  28. Manuka Honey Versus Hydrogel to Deslough Venous Leg Ulcers: A Randomised Controlled Trial
  29. Abdominal Surgical Site Infection and Advanced Antimicrobial Dressings
  30. Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA): Evidence of Silver Resistant Genes
  31. Assessing the Efficacy of Silver Containing Wound Dressings on Silver Resistant Wound Isolates using Rapid Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy (RCLSM)
  32. Evaluation of a new Contact Layer impregnated with Silver Salts in the Management of critically colonized Venous Leg Ulcers. Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial
  33. Feasibility and Utility as judged by Clinicians of a Risk Infection Questionnaire for Chronic Wounds: The IMAg Experience
  34. Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Antibodies and MBL: Detection and Impact in Colonization of Chronic Venous Leg Ulcers
  35. An In-Vitro Model for Wound Incrustations suitable for resting Wound rinsing Solutions
  36. Prevention of Pressure Ulcers: A Descriptive Study in 3 Intensive Care Units in Turkey
  37. Pressure Ulcer Surgery and Relapse Evidence
  38. Risk Assessment Tools for the Prevention of Pressure Ulcers – A Cochrane Systematic Review
  39. Pressure Ulcer Prevalence Audit: What are the Benefits of doing it?
  40. The Development a Valid Pressure Ulcer Surveillance Program in Canadian Acute Care Settings
  41. Guideline Implementation results in a decrease of Pressure Ulcer Incidence in Critically Ill Patients
  42. Chronic Wounds and Dressings: Are we using Biologically Neutral Devices?
  43. The Successful use of a New Oxygenating Hydrogel Dressing System in the Treatment of Chronic Wounds
  44. A new Topical Anti-Inflammatory Chronic Wound Care Toolkit: Dressings with Ibuprofen, Ionized Silver, MMP Sequestering Granules
  45. Acceptability and Efficacy of Keratin-Based Dressings in the Chronic Wound: A Preliminary Trial
  46. Amelogenins in Angiogenesis
  47. “I Almost Fainted” – Dressing-Related Pain in 98 Patients with Chronic Wounds
  48. Diamorphine – A Topical Analgesic for Wounds in Palliative Care – A Review of the Literature
  49. The Value of Life Versus the Perfection of the Body
  50. Venous Leg Ulcer Patients In Finland: Pain and Effect on Quality of Life
  51. Chronic Wounds and Pain – A Finnish Perspective
  52. Susceptibility of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Strains to a Naturally Occurring Antimicrobial Enzyme System
  53. The Evaluation of Cycloidal Vibration (Vibro-Pulse) for the Treatment of Lower Limb Cellulitis. Results from a Randomised Controlled Trial
  54. Antimicrobials in Topical Treatment of Chronic Wounds- Standardization of Practice
  55. A Survey of Nurses’ and Doctors’ Knowledge in Relation to the Practice of Wound Swabbing
  56. Antimicrobial Wound Dressing without Chemically Active Agent as an effective Alternative in Modern Wound Management a Clinical Investigation on 116 Patient
  57. Wound Infection, Antibiotics Yes or No ?
  58. Topical Negative Pressure in Wound Management
  59. Understanding Topical Negative Pressure Therapy
  60. Health Economics and Topical Negative Pressure Therapy
  61. Selecting Topical Negative Pressure Therapy in Practice
  62. Topical Negative Pressure (TNP) Abdominal Dressing – A Retrospective Study in the Treatment of the Open Abdomen Following Secondary Peritonitis
  63. Infection and Resistant Bacteria (MRSA)
  64. Medicine, the Media and Superbugs
  65. Silver Pyjamas or Hand Hygiene?
  66. The Effects of BST Electro-Stimulation on Healing of Pressure Ulcers: Results of a Multi-Center, Double Blind, randomized, Placebo controlled Study
  67. Prevalence of Pressure Ulcers in an Irish Hospital Population
  68. Preventing Pressure Ulcer Development in a Maternity Department
  69. Dressing’s Efficiency and Performance for Pressure Ulcers Treatment: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis
  70. Successful Interdisciplinary Management of Pressure Sores: The Team Approach of Plastic Surgery and Rehabilitation Medicine
  71. Prospective Multicentre Study of nonadhesive gelling Foam Dressing in the Management of moderately to heavily exuding Leg Ulcers
  72. Investigation into Care Practices of Wounds in a University Hospital
  73. Comparative Effectiveness between Three Silver Release Dressings on Chronic Infected Wounds
  74. The Conservative Treatment of the Mixed Depth IIa/IIb Degree Burns in Children – The Evaluation of Efficiency of a Silver Hydrofibre Dressing
  75. Extremely Difficult Wound for Treatment – III/IV Degree Burn of the Head of the 12 Months Old Child – The Case Report
  76. Use of Topical Negative Pressure (TNP) with a new Non-Adherent Wound Contact Layer: Results of a Clinical Evaluation
  77. Effect of Amelogenin Matrix Protein Solution as Add-On Treatment to Compression in Hard-to-Heal Venous Leg Ulcers: A Randomised Controlled Trial
  78. Comparative Effects of Honey based and Silver/Charcoal based Dressings on the healing of Venous Leg Ulcers: A Randomized Clinical Study
  79. Nutritional Assessment and Venous Leg Ulcer healing Time in the Elderly
  80. Management of Venous Leg Ulcers with two active Wound Dressings. Protocol of a Randomized Clinical Trial
  81. Treatment of Hard to Heal Chronic Venous Ulcerations with Amelogenin. The Norwegian Experience
  82. Application of topical Corticosteroids to chronic Leg Ulcers: Working beyond the Guidelines
  83. Developing a Novel Pain Assessment Tool: Identifying Pain Intensity and Descriptors during Wound Dressing Change
  84. Quality of Life among chronic Leg Ulcer Patients
  85. Are Patients with Leg Ulceration, managed in the Community Care Setting, assessed according to Best Practice?
  86. Inter-Rater Reliability and Content Validity of Wound Assessment Inventory (WAI)
  87. 3 D Measurement of Wound Healing
  88. The Benefits of Wound Measurements with Digital Planimetry in the Management of Leg Ulcers
  89. Mix 557: A topical Remedy with repellent, biocidal and healing Properties for treating Myiasis both in Mammal as in Human
  90. Case Report: Skin Ulcer Treatment by Mix 557 Therapy
  91. Experience with the use of an Amelogenin-Based Extracellular Matrix Substitute in the Management of a Variety of Complex Hard-to-Heal Chronic Wounds
  92. Autologus Platelet-Rich Fibrin for the Treatment of Hard to Heal Ulcers. A Pilot Study of 7 Patients.
  93. Stimulation of Venous Leg Ulcers with Thrombocytic Growth Factors: A Randomised Study
  94. Role of Delta-Opioid Receptors in Skin Differentiation and Wound Healing
  95. Oxygen and Wound healing – What is the Evidence?
  96. Non Healing Wounds and Oxygen
  97. Role of HBO in the Management of infected Ulcers of ischemic Diabetic Foot
  98. Acute Wounds and Oxygen
  99. Skin Conditions of Chronic Lymphoedema Patients
  100. Lymphoedema Management in Diabetic Patients
  101. Lymphoedema Management in Phlebo-Lymphoedema Patients
  102. The Lymphoedema Framework Project
  103. Integrated Management of Secondary Lymphodema in India
  104. EWMA Position Documents
  105. Looking beyond the European Wound Care Societies
  106. Wound Exudate and the Role of Dressings: A WUWHS’ Initiative
  107. Neoplastic Wound Management
  108. Pyoderma Gangrenosum
  109. Cutaneous Vasculitis
  110. Heel Pressure Ulcers Incidence in an acute orthopedic Population
  111. Nutritional State of Patients with chronic Wounds in an Outpatient Clinic: A Reason for panic
  112. Cumulative Incidence of Pressure Sores in a Neurotrauma Intensive Care Unit: A Comparison of Current Practice to a new gelastic Mattress
  113. Does topical Administration of hyperoxygenated fatty Acids prevent the appearance of Pressure Ulcers?
  114. Pilot Study to compare the Incidence of Pressure Ulceration on Two Therapeutic Support Surfaces in Elderly Care
  115. A liquid Film-forming Acrylate has no Role in modern Dressing Design following Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty
  116. Debridement for Surgical Wounds: A Cochrane Systematic Review
  117. Silicon Gel Sheets in hypertrophic Scar following Knee Joint Replacement in Afrocarribean Patients – Does it work?
  118. Correlation of total Knee Replacement Surgery Wound Dynamic Morphology and Dressing Material Properties
  119. Exploring Patient Perceptions of the acceptability of Larval Therapy as a Potential Treatment for Venous Leg Ulceration
  120. Major Burns in premature neonate Twins: 5 Year Follow-up
  121. A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of a Multimedia Learning Education Programs (MLEPS) for Stoma Patients
  122. Integrated System of Chronic Wound Care Healing – Creating, managing and cost reduction
  123. Cost-Utility of Bio-Electric Stimulation Therapy compared to Standard Care in the Treatment of Elderly Patients with Chronic Non-Healing Wounds in the UK
  124. Telemedicine in the Handling of Chronic Ulcers
  125. The Unique Qualities of Burn Unit at Rambam Health Care Campus
  126. Two-Year Results of Multidisciplinary Patient Approach in a specialized Wound Clinic.
  127. The End of Tissue Viability in the UK?
  128. Development of Pressure Ulcer Prevention Guideline
  129. The Role of Seating in Pressure Ulcer Development
  130. Socio-Demographic Factors in Chronic Leg Ulceration
  131. Utilising Narrative Research and Analysis to explore the Experiences of Patients living with chronic Wounds: A Methodological Debate
  132. Woundcare Issues in Problem Drug Injecting: The Social Impact
  133. The Story of an Ankle

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