Korean Team Reconstructs Scalp of Kyrgyz Boy Injured by Dogs
A Seoul Asan Medical Center plastic surgery team reconstructed the scalp of a 6-year-old Kyrgyz boy who lost about 80% of it in an attack by three large dogs.
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The hospital invited the child, Umar, to South Korea after treatment was considered difficult in Kyrgyzstan. The team gradually expanded his remaining scalp and used it to cover the exposed skull.
Treatment followed an April dog attack
Umar was injured on April 1 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, after falling into a neighboring yard while returning home from playing with a friend. Three large dogs attacked him, damaging about 80% of his scalp and leaving his skull exposed.
Professor Choi Jong-woo's plastic surgery team at Seoul Asan Medical Center carried out the staged reconstruction. The hospital said the child completed treatment and returned to Kyrgyzstan in healthy condition on October 15.
This outcome describes one child's treatment after an unusually extensive traumatic injury. A single case cannot establish the results, risks, or treatment course that other patients with scalp injuries should expect.
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