This month, the Educational and Research Foundation for the American Academy of Plastic Surgery and Facial Reconstructive (AAFPRS Foundation) will embark on its face to face the fourth medical mission to Ukraine.
Directed by Facial and Reconstructive Plastic Surgeon Manoj Abraham, MD, FACS, an interdisciplinary medical team of 22, including five facial plastic surgeons and AAFPRs reconstructive member, will be parked in a LVIV hospital, one of the largest cities in Ukraine located approximately four hours from the Polish border.
Face to face is the humanitarian and educational surgical exchange program sponsored by the AAFPRS Foundation.
The medical mission team plans to operate in 30 patients with severe facial trauma as a result of war -related injuries. These complex procedures that last up to 12 hours of will include microvascular and reconstruction free flap surgeries using specific patient 3D implants. In addition to providing direct care, surgeons will train local Ukrainian doctors in these techniques to generate sustainable medical competence in the region.
“What we are seeing in Ukraine is an excessive necessity of a complex facial reconstruction that goes beyond the basic trauma attention,” says the leader of the mission trip and the face of the face, buns T. Abraham, MD, FACS, in a statement. “This mission is not just about surgeries that change performance, it is about equipping local surgeons with the skills and tools to carry this work forward. This is how we create a lasting impact.”
Among the treaties is a patient who was at home in the Costiannivka region, Donetsk, on September 11, 2024, when a missile hit his residential neighborhood. The explosion ceó a massive facial trauma injury-a mine minera that requires complex reconstructive intervention. Another patient will be treated after suffering a head injury to bombard Bakhmut on January 1, 2023, when the Russian forces launched an artillery attack, and their house was beaten.
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