MISSION

Bhutan 2024

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Mission Goals

The Orthopedic Team completed their first mission with Operation International with great success. The team performed 35 total knee replacements on 32 patients in Bhutan in just one week, providing each patient with improved mobility and pain relief.

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Team members

Kenneth Sands
Dr.
Vivek Sood
MD
John Sullivan
MD
Erin Mariano
MD
William Petersilge
MD
Daljeet Saluja
MD
Jennifer Cecil
RN
Victoria Butler
RN
Katie Moore
RN
Michele Stroble
RN
Francis Taylor
RN
Rhonda Ehmer
RN
Joseph Canestrari
PA
Michael Canestrari
PT
Brittney Grace
CRNA
Heidi Yiu
DNP CRNA
Yoko Sugimoto
CRNA
Kendall Luke
ST
Diana Allmon
ST
Jacob Winebrenner
ST
Arielle Gelardi
RN

Mission details

The Orthopedic Team focused on elderly patients with chronic knee pain during their first mission in Bhutan. The highly technical procedure restores mobility and reduces pain by replacing the damaged joint with a metal prosthesis. According to a local article written about the mission:

“Patients said they have been struggling with knee pain for a long time, making it difficult to perform even simple tasks.

Now, with the surgery, they are hopeful that they will be able to walk and move around without much pain.

Patients came all the way to Gelephu from other districts for the surgery.

‘I endured pains before the surgery. Right now, I cannot bend my knee joint but I am feeling better,’ said Deli Ram Archariya, a patient.”

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