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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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj-art-730fedbdc2f048729db736f1162a485e2025-08-20T02:07:16ZengAustralian Society of Plastic SurgeonsAustralasian Journal of Plastic Surgery2209-170X2018-03-011110.34239/ajops.v1i1.15A decade of Australian reconstructive burn surgery in Nepal 2004-2014David G PenningtonNepal 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.https://doi.org/10.34239/ajops.v1i1.15 |
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| title | A decade of Australian reconstructive burn surgery in Nepal 2004-2014 |
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| title_short | A decade of Australian reconstructive burn surgery in Nepal 2004-2014 |
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