Czech doctors in Ukraine – MEDEVAC mission
Authors:
Miroslav Streck 1; Filip Burget 1; Jakub Holoubek 2
Authors‘ workplace:
1. chirurgická klinika – klinikabřišní, hrudní a úrazové chirurgie 1. LF UK a VFN v Praze
1; Klinika popálenin a plastické chirurgie LF MU a FN Brno
2
Published in:
Čas. Lék. čes. 2025; 164: 87-89
Category:
Case Report
Overview
A multidisciplinary medical team from several Czech hospitals participated in a mission to a hospital in the Ukrainian town of Vynnyky as part of the MEDEVAC project. Civilian patients were provided with specialized surgical care in cooperation with plastic surgeons for injuries related to combat operations and without it. A case of a complex open fracture of the forearm bones with extensive defect of soft tissues and skeleton in a 32-year-old civilian patient is briefly described.
Keywords:
MEDEVAC, specialized surgical care, plastic surgery
Sources
- Stálý zdravotně humanitární program fungující od roku 1993. Ministerstvo vnitra ČR. Dostupné na: https://www.medevacczech.com/o-nas
- Bříza J. Přínos projektu MEDEVAC pro české zdravotnictví. Čas Lék Čes 2025; 164: 84–86.
- Vynnyky. In: Wikipedia. Dostupné na: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vynnyky
Labels
Addictology Allergology and clinical immunology Angiology Audiology Clinical biochemistry Dermatology & STDs Paediatric gastroenterology Paediatric surgery Paediatric cardiology Paediatric neurology Paediatric ENT Paediatric psychiatry Paediatric rheumatology Diabetology Pharmacy Vascular surgery Pain management Dental HygienistArticle was published in
Journal of Czech Physicians
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