Wednesday 6 September

Reviewing clinical cases together, we will explore the assessment and examination of various types of wounds and the principles of wound management and treatment. Moreover, special attention will be dedicated to the possible complications, their preventions, and the different factors affecting the clinical and healing process. A multidisciplinary approach will ensure our patients the best possible treatment.

Moderators: Franck Duteille and Jill Meitre

Bio
Prof Maitz holds the Chair for Burn Injury and Reconstructive Surgery University of Sydney, FRACS,
Director of the Burns Unit & the Skin Laboratory at Concord Hospital, Member of the Order of
Australia, past-chairman of the Education Committee and past-president of ANZBA. He retains visiting
professorships at the National Academy of Burns India, Hong Kong Wound Healing Society, the
Chinese University Hong Kong and teaching appointments in Australia, Europe and the USA, he lead
the development internationally of the EMSB, establishing core teaching faculties in Bangladesh,
Papua New Guinea, Malaysia and Fiji.
Prof Maitz has over 100 publications and is reviewer for Burns, PRS, NHMRC Australia, European
Journal of Plastic Surgery and Medical Journal of Australia

Summary
With the introduction of Novosorb™ Biodegradable Temporizing Matrix (BTM) in a clinical trial in 2015, the Burns Unit at Concord Hospital reviewed the use of bio-engineered products. An overview of our experience is given, using various materials from the past and also the advances made possible due to the availability of BTM.

In our hands BTM has proven reliable, easy to use, more resistant against clinically relevant wound infections, comfortable for patients and yields excellent long-term scar outcomes.

In our Unit, BTM has replaced the use of Integra and Pelnac.

The primary objective of the Research Committee is to design, plan and support multidisciplinary research activities contributing to Burn Care advancements. All the professionals interested in supporting and conducting research in burn care are invited to the meeting on Wednesday 6th of September, to discover and discuss the present and future activities of the Research Committee and to join it. If you are interested in joining the Research Committee and contributing to its activities, get in touch with Clemens Schiestl. Write an email introducing yourself and motivating your interest directly to clemens.schiestl@kispi.uzh.ch.

Modern burn care was built not only upon scientific discoveries and changes in techniques but also upon the passion and dedication of great women and men that came before us. By sharing the key points and portraits of the personalities who made the history of burn care, we will discover their inspiring messages for today and the future of burn care.

Introduction – History of burn treatment in Europe                                        
Naiem Moiemen, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Paul Van Zuijlen, Amsterdam on Rudy Hermans
Nadia Depetris, Turin on Simone Teich Alasia
Naiem Moiemen, Birmingham on Douglas jackson
Clemens Schiestl, Zurich on Zora Janzekovic     

Moderators: Clemens Schiestl & Naiem Moiemen    

What the history of burns means to the younger generation
Sophie Böttcher, Zurich

The overall aim of a burn center is to provide comprehensive, high-level, and specialized burn care to patients. However, this common aim might be met with a variety of organizational models and structures, reflecting the high degree of variation in country or region-specific factors, such as the structure of the healthcare system, economics, availability and structure of staffing, education, and the specific needs of the population being served.

The speakers will reflect on the specific organizational challenges they have met, and the solutions created within their specific setting, and the potential generalizability of their experiences. By summarizing their experiences and lessons learned, important core elements for successful organizing of burn care might be extracted.

Moderators: Stian almeland and Jyrki Vuola

Peter Dziewulski, United Kingdom on Interdisciplinary care structures in settings with different personnel setups (UK and US). What can we learn from each system?

Thomas Leclerc, France on Military led burn care benefits and drawbacks, resilience and flexibility

Sophia Papadopoulou-Athina Lavrentieva, Greece on Organizing multidisciplinary burn care

Folke Sjöberg, Sweden on Research and clinical care – separate or integrated?

David Harrington, United Kingdom on Quality improvement in the burn center

Why attend this workshop?

Burn injuries are not only physically painful but also emotionally and psychologically challenging for patients. By adopting the principles of Comfort Talk, participants will learn techniques to alleviate patient distress, promote relaxation, and support the healing process.

For whom?

All burn care professionals with the desire to improve their communication skills and adopt them in their everyday practice.

Intact fish skin (Kerecis) is a newer tissue regeneration product derived from Icelandic cod.  It is described as an excellent scaffold which enhances cell proliferation, neovascularization and decreases inflammation in the wound bed.  Therefore, it is adjunctive on a cellular basis in all phases of wound healing.

We have used Intact fish skin as a platform for the management of the wound bed for both acute and reconstructive wounds in 125 patients  from January- December 2022 ( Fig 1).  The majority have been to the lower extremity/ ankle and foot (63%) followed by the perineum (9%), Upper extremity (8%) and the torso (6%).  Indications for use include exposed neuro-vascular structures, partially colonized wound beds, poorly granulating wounds, reconstructed wound beds with the need for leveling the wound bed.

The advantages of this scaffold are that it is able to tolerate colonization, its use produces a fairly elastic wound base (“neo-dermis”) and allows wound closure in difficult wounds.