Today was our first full day in the OR. Our team treated two patients who were injured in the earthquake. One patient had already been treated by an orthopedic surgeon for a fracture in her lower leg. Today we performed a skin graft on this patient for an open wound on the same leg.
We also skin grafted a 17 year old patient for a wound she sustained on her leg when her house collapsed on her in the earthquake.
Saw several facial fractures today as well.
Plan on going to UN compound tonight to see a different part of Haiti.
Operating on patient requiring skin grafts
Headed into the OR for our first day of surgery in Haiti
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