Experiences of Orthopaedic Camp in a Mobile Surgical Unit (Life Line Express) in Central Part of India

We present our experience organizing an orthopaedic camp in rural part of India in a mobile surgical unit (Life Line Express) on a train. The camp was held for 15 days from 25th may to 10th June 2009. We performed deformity correction surgeries; corrective plaster castings and follow up the cases fo...

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Autores principales: Deshmukh, Gajanan, Raza, HKT
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Malaysian Orthopaedic Association 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4322143/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25674308
http://dx.doi.org/10.5704/MOJ.1311.009
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Sumario:We present our experience organizing an orthopaedic camp in rural part of India in a mobile surgical unit (Life Line Express) on a train. The camp was held for 15 days from 25th may to 10th June 2009. We performed deformity correction surgeries; corrective plaster castings and follow up the cases for the next six month. We assess the pros and cons of this orthopaedic camp on a train where minor and major procedures were carried out.

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