Editorial 

Dear Colleagues,

Welcome to the latest edition of the EWMA Journal Electronic Supplement. We are looking forward to the 20th Conference of the European Wound Management Association that is taking place in Geneva this year. The conference will be held in Geneva, Switzerland at the Geneva Palexpo Conference Centre. In addition to the scientific aspects of the conference, participants will have the opportunity to experience the interesting and vibrant city of Geneva and its beautiful mountainous surroundings. We look forward to welcoming you to Geneva.

The conference this year is being held in cooperation with the Swiss Association for Wound Care (SAfW) – the Swiss German Section and the Swiss French Section. Cooperation between the associations has led to the development of an excellent conference programme. Dr Hubert Vuagnat is president of the Swiss Association for Wound Care- French speaking section since its creation in 2003 and heads the wound care group of the University hospitals in Geneva and is connected to Médecins Sans Frontières Buruli ulcer program in Cameroun.

Geneva is home to the World Health Organisation (WHO) and to the Red Cross. The theme of the conference is ‘Get the timing right’ to reflect the world famous Swiss clocks and the need to ensure that the right wound care interventions are delivered at the right time. The conference gives the participants an opportunity to benefit from high level scientific presentations, network with each other, exchange data and evaluate clinical practice.

We are expecting good attendance at the 2010 conference, where already 514 subtracts have been accepted for presentation, 152 oral and 362 posters. These reflect a broad range of topics and health professionals.
The EWMA conference also gives wound healing associations and societies an opportunity to meet together and one of the main purposes of EWMA is to secure a close cooperation between national wound management organisations in Europe. Currently, EWMA cooperates with more than 46 organisations based in more than 35 countries across Europe.

This current issue has contributions from 11 organisations based in Belgium, Italy, Croatia, Portugal, Spain, England, Norway, Switzerland and Turkey.
EWMA continues to extend its partnership with international societies involved in wound care and in we would welcome news and scientific contributions from European and non-European countries.

We hope that you will enjoy reading this edition of the EWMA Journal Electronic Supplement!

Sue Bale
Recorder
Chair EWMA Scientific Committee

 

Contents

The Electronic Supplement for EWMA Journal May 2010 includes all the abstracts from the EWMA 2010 Conference, held in Geneva, Switzerland, 26-28 May 2010.

Oral abstracts EWMA 2010

Poster abstracts EWMA 2010

 

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