A 3-YEAR HELP PROGRAM FOR PLASTIC-SURGERY IN PESHAWAR (PAKISTAN) - ONGOING TREATMENT OF SEVERELY INJURED PATIENTS AS A RESULT OF THE WAR INAFGHANISTAN - 1,528 MAJOR OPERATIONS, 5,171 SMALLER OPERATIONS, 15,932 PATIENTS EXAMINED
H. Lampe et al., A 3-YEAR HELP PROGRAM FOR PLASTIC-SURGERY IN PESHAWAR (PAKISTAN) - ONGOING TREATMENT OF SEVERELY INJURED PATIENTS AS A RESULT OF THE WAR INAFGHANISTAN - 1,528 MAJOR OPERATIONS, 5,171 SMALLER OPERATIONS, 15,932 PATIENTS EXAMINED, Langenbecks Archiv fur Chirurgie, 378(6), 1993, pp. 353-357
Since 1980 Interplast Germany has sent many plastic surgeons to develo
ping countries. In 1989 a new Interplast Germany program for helping A
fghan refugees in Pakistan's Peshawar was started. The Federal Republi
c of Germany financed the first two years; thereafter, the European Co
mmunity and Help supported the project. Twenty-four teams with 123 nur
ses, surgeons and anesthesiologists operated on 1,528 patients in two
hospitals. In the same period 5,171 smaller operations have been perfo
rmed and 15,932 patients have been examined. Low expense for the teams
, good support by officials, and professional administration have made
this project highly effective for 3 years.