Pre-Op Hemifacila Microsomia

  Pre-Op Hemifacila Microsomia 
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Yesterday, Amanda operated on a boy with hemifacial microsomia, a congenital condition which left him with a misshapen, shrunken and misplaced ear as well as a type of cleft lip called macrostomia, where the left corner of the lip doesn’t end at it’s usual location and instead extends out on to the cheek towards the ear, making it difficult for the child to eat. Surgically fixing the mouth cleft is fairly straightforward. It is also possible to correct the ear, but not with the resources that we brought with us on this trip. The boy’s grandmother asked us if she could donate her own ear for her grandson…We had to say no. But at least we have made his mouth deformity a little better. They are grateful for that.