AAO-HNSF Humanitarian Travel Grant Report: Malindi, Kenya
Brentley Lindsey, MD, shares his experiences of treating patients in Malindi, Kenya.
Brentley Lindsey, MD, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Department of Otolaryngology
Brentley Lindsey, MD, with a patient at Tawfiq Hospital.
Hundreds of patients were screened with about 30 to 40 complex operating room-based procedures performed over the two weeks I spent in Malindi, as well as 20 to 30 clinic-based procedures. The surgeries included composite resections with free tissue reconstruction, tracheal resection and complex airway surgery, large parotid and thyroid tumor resections, and resection of an extremely large facial plexiform neurofibroma in a teenager. The days were long, and the hospital staff accommodated us by extending the hours of operation well past their normal ones so to provide care for as many patients as could reasonably be seen.
Thank you again to the AAO-HNSF for your support.