MSF Hospital in Tabarre, Haiti: Why a Field General Surgery Fellowship Is Necessary
Recently, the Hospital at Tabarre in Port-au-Prince Haiti was reopened by the Operational Center of Paris—Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). This hospital is now purely a Trauma Center staffed by five national general surgeons and five orthopedic surgeons. MSF hopes that the new trauma focus of Tabarre...
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| author | Andrew A. Gumbs Dominique Anciaux Ulrick Dezard Laelle Mangurat Rolph Richme William H. Olibrice Berldine Jean Emilie Allaire Jean-Pierre LeToquart |
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| description | Recently, the Hospital at Tabarre in Port-au-Prince Haiti was reopened by the Operational Center of Paris—Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). This hospital is now purely a Trauma Center staffed by five national general surgeons and five orthopedic surgeons. MSF hopes that the new trauma focus of Tabarre Hospital and the presence of a full complement of experienced national surgeons can enable this site to become one of the training sites for exptriate surgeons on their first humanitarian mission with MSF. The general surgical case charts from the first 3 months after the reopening of the hospital were retrospectively reviewed. All procedures done by the general surgical department in the operating room theatre were registered and short and long-term results analyzed. The Hospital at Tabarre has a very high rate of penetrating traumas compared to other MSF hospitals, and seems ideally suited to train expatriate surgeons during their first missions in the field with MSF because of the experience of the National surgical staff. Additionally, it is felt that a longer Field General Surgery fellowship can and should be developed within MSF to ensure that the next generation of general surgeons can continue to provide the type of surgical care that is still needed in the field. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-590c9d6731e445dc82e9487661b6729a2023-12-03T13:03:47ZengMDPI AGSurgeries2673-40952021-04-012215716610.3390/surgeries2020016MSF Hospital in Tabarre, Haiti: Why a Field General Surgery Fellowship Is NecessaryAndrew A. Gumbs0Dominique Anciaux1Ulrick Dezard2Laelle Mangurat3Rolph Richme4William H. Olibrice5Berldine Jean6Emilie Allaire7Jean-Pierre LeToquart8Departement de Chirurgie Digestive, Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Poissy Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 78300 Poissy, FranceHôpital Nap Kenbe Tabarre MSF-OCP—Centre de Référence pour Urgences Traumatologiques, HT 6110 Port-au-Prince, HaitiHôpital Nap Kenbe Tabarre MSF-OCP—Centre de Référence pour Urgences Traumatologiques, HT 6110 Port-au-Prince, HaitiHôpital Nap Kenbe Tabarre MSF-OCP—Centre de Référence pour Urgences Traumatologiques, HT 6110 Port-au-Prince, HaitiHôpital Nap Kenbe Tabarre MSF-OCP—Centre de Référence pour Urgences Traumatologiques, HT 6110 Port-au-Prince, HaitiHôpital Nap Kenbe Tabarre MSF-OCP—Centre de Référence pour Urgences Traumatologiques, HT 6110 Port-au-Prince, HaitiHôpital Nap Kenbe Tabarre MSF-OCP—Centre de Référence pour Urgences Traumatologiques, HT 6110 Port-au-Prince, HaitiHôpital Nap Kenbe Tabarre MSF-OCP—Centre de Référence pour Urgences Traumatologiques, HT 6110 Port-au-Prince, HaitiMédecins Sans Frontières-Operational Center of Paris, 75019 Paris, FranceRecently, the Hospital at Tabarre in Port-au-Prince Haiti was reopened by the Operational Center of Paris—Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). This hospital is now purely a Trauma Center staffed by five national general surgeons and five orthopedic surgeons. MSF hopes that the new trauma focus of Tabarre Hospital and the presence of a full complement of experienced national surgeons can enable this site to become one of the training sites for exptriate surgeons on their first humanitarian mission with MSF. The general surgical case charts from the first 3 months after the reopening of the hospital were retrospectively reviewed. All procedures done by the general surgical department in the operating room theatre were registered and short and long-term results analyzed. The Hospital at Tabarre has a very high rate of penetrating traumas compared to other MSF hospitals, and seems ideally suited to train expatriate surgeons during their first missions in the field with MSF because of the experience of the National surgical staff. Additionally, it is felt that a longer Field General Surgery fellowship can and should be developed within MSF to ensure that the next generation of general surgeons can continue to provide the type of surgical care that is still needed in the field.https://www.mdpi.com/2673-4095/2/2/16penetrating traumablunt traumahumanitarian missionsDoctors Without BordersMédecins Sans FrontièresMSF |
| spellingShingle | Andrew A. Gumbs Dominique Anciaux Ulrick Dezard Laelle Mangurat Rolph Richme William H. Olibrice Berldine Jean Emilie Allaire Jean-Pierre LeToquart MSF Hospital in Tabarre, Haiti: Why a Field General Surgery Fellowship Is Necessary Surgeries penetrating trauma blunt trauma humanitarian missions Doctors Without Borders Médecins Sans Frontières MSF |
| title | MSF Hospital in Tabarre, Haiti: Why a Field General Surgery Fellowship Is Necessary |
| title_full | MSF Hospital in Tabarre, Haiti: Why a Field General Surgery Fellowship Is Necessary |
| title_fullStr | MSF Hospital in Tabarre, Haiti: Why a Field General Surgery Fellowship Is Necessary |
| title_full_unstemmed | MSF Hospital in Tabarre, Haiti: Why a Field General Surgery Fellowship Is Necessary |
| title_short | MSF Hospital in Tabarre, Haiti: Why a Field General Surgery Fellowship Is Necessary |
| title_sort | msf hospital in tabarre haiti why a field general surgery fellowship is necessary |
| topic | penetrating trauma blunt trauma humanitarian missions Doctors Without Borders Médecins Sans Frontières MSF |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2673-4095/2/2/16 |
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