A decade of Australian reconstructive burn surgery in Nepal 2004-2014
Nepal is a nation with an emerging economy that traditionally has faced challenges related to terrain, weather, political instability, natural disasters and poverty. It has a very high rate of burn injury. Due to the above factors, adequate primary treatment of burns is frequently rudimentary, resul...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons
2018-03-01
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| Series: | Australasian Journal of Plastic Surgery |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.34239/ajops.v1i1.15 |
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| Summary: | Nepal is a nation with an emerging economy that traditionally has faced challenges related to terrain, weather, political instability, natural disasters and poverty. It has a very high rate of burn injury. Due to the above factors, adequate primary treatment of burns is frequently rudimentary, resulting in a significant burden of human misery in the form of chronic debilitating burn-scar contractures. For several decades, international health teams have played a significant role in relieving the burden of disease and deformity, such as cleft lip and palate and burn-scar reconstruction. The current article summarises the experience of an Australian surgical team assembled to manage problems of burn-scar contracture in Nepal over the ten-year period 2004–2014. |
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| ISSN: | 2209-170X |