Abstract
A customized 3D printed N95 respirator analogue to face crisis capacity scenarios in pandemics such as the COVID-19 and to support surgical personnel during PPE shortages
Highlights
Successful patient follow-up after short-term surgical missions (STSM) in Africa is challenging, reflected by a paucityThis paper has been accepted for podium presentation at the BAOMS Annual Scientific Meeting 2020 (London, UK) and the American Society of Plastic Surgeons Annual Meeting 2020 (San Francisco, USA).of publications detailing long-term outcomes for patients treated on these missions.[1]
Surgical procedures were categorised according to Marck et al.,[2] with 58% (n = 11) ‘simple’, and 42% ‘complex’ procedures
Ninety-five percent (n = 18) of patients were happy with their surgical outcome at ten months
Summary
Successful patient follow-up after short-term surgical missions (STSM) in Africa is challenging, reflected by a paucity. Of publications detailing long-term outcomes for patients treated on these missions.[1] Common barriers include additional costs, lack of telephone contact with patients after discharge and the extensive distances involved. Project Harar is a non-government organisation that treats complex head and neck pathology on an annual STSM in Ethiopia. Patients from isolated parts of Ethiopia present with soft tissue or bony disfigurement secondary to tumours, noma (Cancrum oris), trauma or burns. Around 30 expert international volunteers assist local Ethiopian surgeons to help restore form and function for patients with the most challenging pathology. Project Harar has followed-up patients who underwent major surgery or those with post-operative issues flagged up by local officials
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