[Humanitarian plastic surgery. Personal experience and reflections].
After analysing their concept of humanitarian plastic surgery, the authors present their personal experience which started in the 1970s, concerning two aspects: in the field (Burkina-Faso, Mali, Niger) and in Geneva, Switzerland, where the more difficult cases are operated. They illustrate their approach by a clinical case of sequelae of noma. They analyse the problems and/or questions raised by humanitarian plastic surgery: sufficient training, choice of surgical techniques, postoperative follow-up, assessment of the results obtained, possible innovations.
Montandon
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Unité de Chirurgie Plastique et Reconstructrice, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Hôpital Cantonal, Suisse.
Pittet
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D000533:Altruism; D002050:Burkina Faso; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005145:Face / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008302:Mali; D008437:Maxilla / Q000601:surgery; D008493:Medical Missions; D009548:Niger; D009625:Noma / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D009915:Orbit / Q000601:surgery; D013518:Surgery, Plastic; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013557:Switzerland; D013997:Time Factors