• Inflammation, bioburden and biofilm: update

• Exosomes and ground substances: their role in healing

An increase in wound bioburden must be controlled for healing to progress. This session will explain the latest scientific rationale for why this is so important and outline some of the subsequent pathophysiology processes, many of which can be initiated or manipulated by CAMPs, that promote healing

Wound bioburden and biofilm are markers of wound chronicity. Wound bed preparation involves the removal of these sources of infection and creation of a clean wound bed, which will help the CAMP promote healing. While the clinical rationale for this is well known, health providers are often less familiar with the underlying basic science. These two sessions will explore this, and provide insight into some of the pathophysiological processes that CAMPs initiate or manipulate to promote healing

There is still some debate over the role of CAMPs, as an advanced therapy, in wound management. This session will outline the clinical rationale for the use of CAMPs, based on research and experiential evidence. It will also summarise the rationale for the new nomenclature, explaining how its categories relate to product structure, components and ingredients.

In Europe, CAMPs are less widely used as an advanced wound therapy compared with the US. In Switzerland, interest in this advanced technology is growing. This session will explore the impact that CAMPs are having in a region where it is only recently being incorporated into standard of care

An insight into how the use of CAMPs outside the US is affecting wound healing outcomes.

Given the popularity of CAMPs for hard-to-heal wounds and complex acute wounds, the logical next step is to consider its use for limb salvage. This begs the question of where CAMPs fit into the reconstructive ladder. This session will explore ways of approaching this and set the scene for an expert panel consensus meeting, whose findings will be published in JWC.

There is scope to increase the use of CAMPs for this indication, which will involve incorporating it into the reconstructive ladder. This session will explore options on how to approach this

• CAMPs and reconstructive surgery

• Use on vital structures, like tendon and exposed bone

• Burns

• Traumatic wounds There is growing interest in the use of CAMPs in the acute surgical setting.

This session will explore the potential role of CAMPs, with case study examples of progress to date