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Helping Children with Facial Deformities
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<img src="/news/images/arina.jpg" alt="arina" name="arina" width="254" height="316" border="0" align="left">Having a facial deformity is a wretched burden for thousands of Russian children suffering from congenital defects, tumors, cleft lip and palate, or other trauma. The social stigma places families under severe stress, causing parents to abandon 10% of such children to state orphanages. <br>
The good news is that high-tech medical technology can help cure many maxillofacial problems, although several surgeries are usually necessary. Unfortunately, state of the art medical care is expensive and falls outside the reach of children from families of meager means. Imagine the pain of knowing there are doctors who can repair your child's disfigurement, but you simply cannot afford to travel to a major city and pay for treatment.
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Irina Balushkina was desperate to save her daughter Arina, who was found to have an aggressive tumor in her cheek when she was only two weeks old. The growth extended into her aural cavity and neck, with life-threatening consequences. Doctors unsuccessfully tried to reduce the tumor using hormone therapy. As Arina approached two months, her mother was growing frantic, but doctors refused to operate, citing her young age. Eventually, Irina sought help from the Center for Maxillofacial surgery in Moscow. The renowned director,
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Dr. Vitaly Roginsky, performed a highly complicated surgery that could have paralyzed the girl's face, as a key nerve ran right through the tumor. He used ultrasound ablation to remove the tumor and a laser to clear the aural cavity in a subsequent operation. Arina is expected to have a full recovery and to develop normally.
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The only way Arina could have this life saving and life changing operation was through the generosity of the "Let's Give Beauty Back to the Children" program. This very successful program was started by the RCWS in 2007. During the first year, we raised over $400,000. It is projected that in 2008 we will raise a higher amount. One of our major sponsors, the Russia Aid Foundation (RAF) was formed by the Russian daily newspaper Kommersant to garner funds for such projects. The RAF team prints the stories of children needing surgery at the Center for Maxillofacial Surgery in the newspaper Kommersant and appeals to the Russian public directly for help.
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Through the joint efforts of RCWS and RAF, this year over 90 children with facial deformities have escaped a fate of cruelty and isolation. In addition to surgery, funds are used for pre-op observations and the expertise of trauma specialists, oncologists, neurosurgeons, speech therapists, etc. Transportation costs for families living in areas with substandard care are also covered.
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Viewing the before and after pictures of the patients helps us to appreciate the great importance of this humanitarian project.
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