Head and neck surgery global outreach: Ethics, planning, and impact.
free flaps
mission
outreach
surgery abroad
surgical mission
Journal
Head & neck
ISSN: 1097-0347
Titre abrégé: Head Neck
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8902541
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
06 2021
06 2021
Historique:
revised:
04
01
2021
received:
19
06
2020
accepted:
02
02
2021
pubmed:
16
2
2021
medline:
1
7
2021
entrez:
15
2
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Head and neck surgical oncology and reconstruction are uniquely suited to address burdens of disease in underserved areas. Since these efforts are not well known in our specialty, we sought to understand global outreach throughout our society of surgeons. Survey distributed to members of the American Head and Neck Surgery involved in international humanitarian head and neck surgical outreach trips. Thirty surgeons reported an average of seven trips to over 70 destinations. Identification of candidates, finances, on-site patient care, complications, long-term post-surgical care, ethics, and educational goals are reported. We report a success rate of 90% on 125 free flaps performed in these settings. The effort to answer the call for alleviating the global burden of surgical disease is strong within our specialty. There is a shared focus on humanitarian effort and teaching. Ethics of high resource surgeries such as free flap reconstruction remains controversial.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
Head and neck surgical oncology and reconstruction are uniquely suited to address burdens of disease in underserved areas. Since these efforts are not well known in our specialty, we sought to understand global outreach throughout our society of surgeons.
METHODS
Survey distributed to members of the American Head and Neck Surgery involved in international humanitarian head and neck surgical outreach trips.
RESULTS
Thirty surgeons reported an average of seven trips to over 70 destinations. Identification of candidates, finances, on-site patient care, complications, long-term post-surgical care, ethics, and educational goals are reported. We report a success rate of 90% on 125 free flaps performed in these settings.
CONCLUSIONS
The effort to answer the call for alleviating the global burden of surgical disease is strong within our specialty. There is a shared focus on humanitarian effort and teaching. Ethics of high resource surgeries such as free flap reconstruction remains controversial.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33586258
doi: 10.1002/hed.26643
pmc: PMC8248027
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1780-1787Informations de copyright
© 2021 The Authors. Head & Neck published by Wiley Periodicals LLC.
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