Annals of the MBC - vol. 4 - n* 2 - June 1991

CONFERENCE REPORTS

The Third Congress on Burn Treatment with International , Participation was held in Kosice (Czechoslovakia) on 13th and 14th June 1991 on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the constitution of the Kosice Burn Centre, under the patronage of the Czechoslovak Medical Association "J.E. Purkinijeand the Czechoslovak Society of Plastic Surgery, Section on Burns.
The Congress was organized by Jaroslav Blaha M.D.B.S., Director of the Centre for Burn Treatment and Reconstructive Surgery in Kosice, who was the President of the Congress, and by Jan Babik M.D.B.S., Assistant Surgeon at the same Centre, who was the Secretary General.
Stefen Sinko, an illustrious name in Czechoslovak Burn Care and the creator of the Kosice Burn Center, was the Honorary President.
The MBC was officially invited and the Club has represented by its Secretary General M. Masellis.
The proceedings filled two days of intense scientific activity covering nearly all the sectors of burns pathology.
The opening session was dedicated to the management of fire disasters. Papers were read by:

• M. Masellis (MBC) on "Fire Disaster: Definition, evaluation of disaster and emergency aid";
• M.D. Mohr (Koblenz) on "Triage of Mass Burn Injuries";
• W. Sologub (Moscow) on "Organization of I Disaster Burn Freatment";
• B. Sisulak (Bratislavia) on "Civil Defence Disaster Reliet7',
• J. Latal (Bratislavia) on "Prognosis of Mass Injuries";
• L. Broz (Prague) on "Resuscitation and prognosis of burn injuries";
• J. Babik on "Prognosis in mass Burn Injuries".

The papers dealt most exhaustively and precisely with fire disasters and burn disasters, and confirmed once again the ever-growing interest of burns specialist in these events. The session was followed by an interesting Round Table discussion by the various speakers, with the lively participation of the public.
At the close of the First Day's proceedings the Fire Brigade and EMT Brigade displayed their efficiency, using aircraft and land vehicles, in an emergency relief operation during an exercise for the extinguishing of a vast fire.
The second day's proceedings were devoted to the treatment of various other problems.
A. Brcic JJubliana) and L. Menesi (Budapest) in papers respectively entitled "Rehabilitation of the Burned Hand" and "About the surgical rehabilitation of the burned hand", described the state of the art in the field of hand rehabilitation.
R. Konigova (Prague) and M. Giupta (Jaipur) spoke about "Neuropsyqhi*cal stress in Burn Teams" and "High Tension Electric Injuries".
E. W. Sawer (Kroningen) gave an interesting lecture on "Selective intestinal decontamination for prevention of wound colonisation in severely burned patients" and F Longaner (Kosice) incisively described "Morphology of the human respiratory tract damaged by burns".
Paediatric burns were considered by M. Giupta (Jaipur) in "Paediatric burns epidemiology" and K. Svoboda (Prague) in "European children burn camp in Belgium", an interesting report on the activity of functional and psychological recovery in a holiday camp for children presenting pathologies secondary to burns. In the field of therapy, very detailed papers were read by D. Eicknoff (Koblenz) on "Experience with Keratinocyte transplantation in burns", L. Klein (Hradec Kralove) on "Clinical experience with xenografts in burned patients", and A. Suchardova (Prague) on "The use of Bactigras in burn treatment in Moravia Region".
The proceedings concluded with a paper by P. Brychta (Brno) on "History and presence of burn treatment in Moravia Region". Thanks to the scientific content of the papers presented and the excellent organization, the Congress reached a very high level of success.

M. Masellis