The Canada-Ukraine Foundation is excited to share that an article “A Mobile Craniofacial Surgery Unit: Reconstructing Casualties of War in Ukraine”, written by the members of the Canada-Ukraine Surgical Aid Program – CUSAP, has been published by the Journal of Craniofacial Surgery. We are so proud that the work of CUSAP team is being recognized by the medical community!
Thank you to the CUSAP team members who worked on this article: Kira Antonyshyn, MSc, Tara Lynn Teshima, MD MSc, Sultan Al-Shaqsi, MD, Danny Enepekides, MD MPH, Kevin Higgins, MD, Carolyn Levis, MD MSc, Leif Sigurdson, MD MSc, John Phillips, MD MA, and Oleh Antonyshyn, MD – founder and the head surgeon of CUSAP.
Thank you to all members of CUSAP for your dedication, passion and all the good you do in this world! Thank you for being the light for the hundreds of patients your work has touched over the last 10 years!
Thank you to our donors for supporting our humanitarian surgical missions since 2014! This work is possible because you care!
A Mobile Craniofacial Surgery Unit: Reconstructing Casualties of War in Ukraine
Abstract: “This paper describes the development and implementation of a mobile craniofacial surgical unit designed to address complex posttraumatic craniofacial deformities in both civilian and military casualties resulting from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.”
EXCERPTS FROM THE PUBLICATION
“Patient O.K. is a 42-year-old male who was injured by shrapnel from a large caliber tank cannon on September 22, 2022, in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine. He was stabilized in the field, and a primary attempt at mandibular reconstruction was compromised by soft tissue deficiency. The patient was referred for comprehensive reconstruction. He presented with an exposed reconstruction plate, and a defect of the mandible, entire lower lip, chin, and floor of mouth (Fig. 5A, B). The patient was assessed on November 25, 2022, by the CUSAP team and taken to the OR on November 28, 2022, for a free scapular bone flap, including latissimus dorsi for mandibular and soft tissue reconstruction.”
