Surgery
More than 10,000 operations - that's how many surgical interventions our doctors have performed since February to save those crippled by the war. People with landmine and gunshot injuries are brought to the Unbroken Center almost every day by evacuation trains and ambulances. In order to save their lives, our surgeons remove fragments of the missile, close large wounds and sew up the thinnest blood vessels and nerves. They work together with the best war trauma specialists from the USA, Great Britain and Israel.
One of the priority directions is reconstructive surgery. Our specialists fully perform complex "free-flap" surgaries. They transplant voluminous muscle flaps to close massive wounds. Often this is the only way to save a limb from amputation.
Maxillofacial surgeons are developing the direction of facial reconstruction. They literally put the patients' face parts together, close wounds and holes in bones. They do this together with the best reconstructive surgeons of Great Britain and France. They help both civilians and our defenders, as well as children.
Children's surgeons of the "Unbroken" Center remove small fragments of projectiles from the brain, lungs and limbs, bringing children back to life. Thousands of people live thanks to our doctors.
Stories
She was found in a crater from under the missile
40-year-old Oksana was dug up barely alive from a 5-meter-high crater formed by the russian missile in Bakhmut. In addition to numerous wounds to the limbs and abdomen, there was a great threat of amputation of her leg. The woman courageously endured 10 surgaries. In the end, our specialists performed a complex reconstructive surgary and were able to save her leg from amputation.
She was afraid to look at herself in the mirror
The parts of the neighboring house flew in all directions and one of them hit the face of the chemistry teacher Olena Svetlova. She lost her right eye and there was a hole instead of her nose. For several months, the woman was afraid to look at herself in the mirror. Now she managed to restore part of her face. A complex plastic surgary is ahead. Currently, Olena already sees her reflection in the mirror without any fear and even had a photo shoot for Playboy magazine.
A real miracle
A fragment from a cluster projectile went more than 11 cm through her entire brain from the frontal area to the back of her head. Sofiika and her mother came under fire in the middle of the street in Mykolaiv. The woman covered her daughter with her body, but did not save her. The girl was in a coma for two days. When Sofiika regained consciousness and said "mommy", the woman burst into tears of happiness. Our doctors removed the projectile fragment from the brain, closing the defect with a titanium plate. Rehabilitation specialists are currently working with the girl.