Mission 2024
NW Medical Volunteers once again in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, at the Khmer Soviet Friendship Hospital. We worked together with Smile Cambodia and the Standish Foundation. We screened over 110 patients and performed 55 operations, volunteering over 200 hours of surgical time.
Entire team of volunteers from NW Medical Volunteers, The Standish Foundation, and Smile Cambodia.
Video courtesy of Dr. Patrick Chan.
Top Left—the position of the new ear is marked
Top Right—Ribs are harvested
Bottom Left—A cartilage frameworks is constructed using a reference templete
Bottom Right—Results at completion of the first stage
Patient with microtia ear deformity undergoing first stage reconstruction with rib cartilage graft.