On average, it costs $465 for Roeuk's treatment
- Symptoms
- Impact on patient's life
- Cultural or regional significance
What kinds of symptoms do patients experience before receiving treatment?
Patients in need of open reduction internal fixation (ORIF) surgeries experience painful fractures or recurrent dislocations. Usually, these injuries result from traffic accidents or other trauma injuries.
What is the impact on patients’ lives of living with these conditions?
Living with an abnormal or deformed bone limits function and can interfere with daily activities. It is also extremely painful.
What cultural or regional factors affect the treatment of these conditions?
Due to lack of helmet usage and weak enforcement of traffic laws, there is a high rate of traffic accidents in Cambodia. This causes many of the fractures and bone dislocations our medical partner sees.
- Process
- Impact on patient's life
- Risks and side-effects
- Accessibility
- Alternatives
What does the treatment process look like?
The deformed or abnormal bone is broken and correctly aligned, and any fragments are fixed. Following the realignment of the bone, metal plates, pins, rods, wires, or screws are attached to the bone for stabilization as the internal fixation.
What is the impact of this treatment on the patient’s life?
Patients will experience restored function and mobility and reduced pain. Patients regain independence and return to work, school, and family life.
What potential side effects or risks come with this treatment?
Complications from this surgery are rare but include infection, nerve damage, blood clots, and tissue irritation from the hardware.
How accessible is treatment in the area? What is the typical journey like for a patient to receive care?
Rural Cambodians often self-medicate or seek treatment from traditional healers because they cannot afford hospital treatment. Many patients are referred to CSC by word of mouth.
What are the alternatives to this treatment?
There is no alternative care for this treatment.