Citation

Shidara EK, Hosoda M, Vuty S, Toriumi T, Seto K. Southeast Asian J. Trop. Med. Public Health 2007; 38(5): 913-917.

Affiliation

Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Tsurumi University, Japan. koito@med.kawasaki-m.ac.jp

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, SEAMO Regional Tropical Medicine and Public Health Network)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

18041312

Abstract

This article describes a case we experienced while doing volunteer medical work in Cambodia for six months in 2002. By examining treatment of a 14-year-old female land mine victim with maxillofacial injuries, we report on the present socio-medical situation in Cambodia. This case suggests the lack of infrastructure, facilities, human resources, and patient education make it extremely difficult to provide patients with proper treatment, including general anesthesia. A comparison of land mine victim statistics between 2002 and 2005 reveals significant problems.

Language: en