Veterinary Wound Healing Association

Veterinary Wound Healing Association
5th Annual Scientific Meeting
May 10-12, 2001, Hannover, Germany

ABSTRACTS OF SUBMITTED PAPERS
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1.	Reconstruction & salvage of distal limb & paw wounds. Steven F. Swaim, Auburn, USA
2.	Complete resection of the common digital extensor tendon in four horses. T.M.Booth & A.J.P.Clements, Edinburgh & Glasgow, UK.
3.	The effect of soft laser treatment on wound healing in cattle H. Nores*, Kerstin Gerlach, J. Schneider, Leipzig, Germany.
4.	Transendoscopic & histologic control of thermal injury zones & wound healing subsequent to endometrial irritation with transendoscopic ND:YAG laser & electromicrosurgery. C.P.Bartmann, & B. Leib, Leipzig, Germany.
5.	Techniques for managing large wounds on the trunk. Steven F. Swaim, Auburn, USA.
6.	Management of head & facial wounds. Steven F. Swaim, Auburn, USA.
7.	Surgical therapy of palpebral diseases in dogs. A. Meyer-Lindenberg, Hannover, Germany.
8.	Concentration of serum C-reactive protein (CRP) in dogs with complications in wound healing. Knapp A, Schrödl W, Grevel Vera, Oechtering G, Leipzig, Germany.
9.	Skin lesions in the horse - a clinical survey. P. Stadler, Heidrun Gehlen, C.P. Bartmann, Hannover, Germany.
10.	Biosurgery (Lucilia sericata) in large animals - initial experience. Kerstin Gerlach, G. Mayer, Kathrin Rasch, T. Leupold, J. Ferguson, Leipzig, Germany.
11.	Cultured skin grafts Jagdeep Nanchahal, London, UK.
12.	Free skin grafting in small animals. Ron Shahar, Rehovot, Israel.
13.	Autologous chondrocyte transplantation (ACT): a new treatment modality for deep cartilage defects in the knee. Martijn van Griensven, Hannover, Germany
14.	Vascularised flaps. Jagdeep Nanchahal, London, UK
15.	Axial pattern flaps used for correction of large skin defects. Safwat El-M. ALI, Hamburg-Rahlstedt, Germany
16.	The use of porcine small intestinal submucosal (SIS) grafts in reconstructive surgery. Donald E Sheahan, D. Crossley, Manchester, UK
17.	Clinical applications of small intestinal submucosa (SIS), a porcine allograft material for tissue remodelling & reconstruction. Olaf Spellmeyer, Christian Magunna, Rafael Nickel, Norderstedt, Germany
18.	Skin grafting in horses using a modified meek technique. Jacintha M. Wilmink, R. van den Boom, P.R. van Weeren, A. Barneveld, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
19.	MALP-2, a synthetic lipopeptide, may be useful for accelerating wound healing & inhibiting wound infection Peter F. Mühlradt, Ursula Deiters, & Michael Morr, Braunschweig, Germany.
20.	The effects of rPSGL-Ig on wound healing in Sprague Dawley rats DD Myers, Jr., MJ Linn; AE Hawley, AG Mell, RE Hughes, AM Chapman, BS Knipp, BG Philbrick, SK Wrobleski, TW Wakefield, RG Schaub, Ann Arbor & Cambridge, USA.
21.	Sulphonated shale oils in wound healing Dr. Guido Gayko, Hamburg, Germany.
22.	Equine sarcoids - a viral wound infection. Hans Broström, Uppsala, Sweden.
23.	Evaluation of chitin & chitosan effects on open wound healing in horses Ghamsari, S. M., Dehghan, M.M. Tehran, Iran
24.	Effects of a hydrolysed collagen dressing on the healing of open wounds in dogs. S.F. Swaim, R.L. Gillette, E.A. Sartin, S.H. Hinkle, S.L. Coolman, Auburn, USA.
25.	Effects of a collagenase containing ointment on wound healing (experimental study in dogs). E. Telser, M. Kietzmann, Hannover, Germany.
26.	Topical basic treatment for complicated skin wounds in dogs & cats: seven case reports. A. Giovannella1, G.L. Manara, Padua, Italy