title: Establishing sustainable international burn missions: lessons from India.
abstract: Burns constitute a significant portion of the worldwide disability adjusted life years by compromising form and function. Through the field's numerous reconstructive techniques, plastic surgery can treat many of these deficiencies stemming from burn injuries. We describe the steps necessary to establish international burn missions including realizing synergies among nonprofits and academic plastic surgery centers to restore form and function to burn patients.
authors.affiliation: Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
authors.forename: Anup
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: Rajendra F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Sawh-Martinez
authors.forename: Indranil
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sinha
authors.forename: James F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Watkins
authors.forename: William P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Magee
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Persing
mesh_terms: D002056:Burns / Q000601:surgery*; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008493:Medical Missions / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D016730:Program Development