Mark Vrahas, M.D. Partners Chief of Orthopaedic Trauma Harvard Medical School Boston

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Mark Vrahas, M.D.Partners Chief of Orthopaedic
TraumaHarvard Medical SchoolBoston
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Carl T. Brighton Workshop on Musculoskeletal
Trauma in Low and Middle Income Countries
Genesis of Topic
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Genesis of Topic
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Original Goals

• Identify traditional fracture treatment methods.
• Provide record of these methods.

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Traditional Methods Not Valuable
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Additional Organizational Problems

• Difficult to identify practitioners.
• Difficult to communicate with practitioners.

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Useful Innovation in Middle Income Countries
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John Dormans
David Spiegal
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Carl T. Brighton Workshop on Musculoskeletal
Trauma in Low and Middle Income Countries