Kinetic Concepts Inc ([KCI] San Antonio, Tex) will sponsor a CME-accredited panel discussion entitled, “The Role of NPWT in the Team Approach to Limb Salvage: Case Studies,” at the 3rd Annual Georgetown Diabetic Limb Salvage conference (Washington, D.C.) September 24-26, 2009. Experts from among the largest and most renowned limb preservation centers across the US will host a panel discussion on the interaction of specialists and surgical techniques used for limb salvage, including the utilization of KCI’s V.A.C.® Therapy. The panel discussion will be co-moderated by Christopher E. Attinger, MD, co-chairman of the conference and Division Chief of the Wound Healing Center at Georgetown University Hospital (Washington, D.C.) and Bauer E. Sumpio, MD, PhD, Chief of Vascular Surgery at Yale New Haven Hospital (New Haven, Conn). Featured panelists include Peter A. Blume, DPM; Vickie R. Driver, DPM, MS; Francis X. McGuigan, MD; and John S. Steinberg, DPM, conference co-chairman.

Approximately 600,000 patients with diabetes develop foot ulcers each year. More than 100,000 patients had a foot amputation in 2007. The symposium will address the role of V.A.C.® Therapy in wound bed preparation, limb preservation for traumatic wounds, and wound closure using multiple techniques including skin graft, flap, and non-biologic collagen matrices. One CME credit is available for attendees in addition to a copy of the KCI-sponsored supplement to the September 2009 issue of WOUNDS, “A Multidisciplinary Approach to Limb Preservation: The Role of V.A.C.® Therapy.”

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