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Reconstructive Microsurgery in the Cedars Land – Lebanon

Volume 8 - Issue 3

**Joseph Bakhach*, Elsa Bakhach and Bachar Chaya**

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- Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Hand & Microsurgery, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Lebanon
*Corresponding author: Bakhach J, American University of Beirut Medical Center, P.O.Box 11-0236, Riad El-Solh, Beirut 1107-2020, Lebanon

Received: August 22, 2018; Published: August 29, 2018

DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2018.08.001657

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Abstract

Lebanon is a small country situated on the eastern border of the Mediterranean Sea. It is located in an area of never ending wars and conflict. It is also one of the leading middle eastern countries for medical tourism. The American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC) is one of the biggest tertiary centers in the Middle East North Africa region. As a result, most of the major traumas that require microsurgical expertise, are referred to our center. The management of a patient presenting to us as a result of conflict is completely different from the management of a patient presenting, for the same procedure, in a first world country. Hence, our region and country require Plastic Surgeons that are well trained in Reconstructive Microsurgery. In AUBMC, we aim to establish the first microsurgical training program in the region.

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