An NHS Lothian plastic surgeon has opened up on providing life-saving treatment in Ukraine during the ongoing conflict with Russia.
Patrick Addison, Clinical Director for Plastic Surgery, recently flew out to the war-torn country to offer his clinical expertise and to support the development of ortho-plastic services in the country.
Patrick, 54, was based in the Lviv Emergency Hospital in Western Ukraine where attempts were underway to establish the country's first plastic surgery department. Prior to the war, no services were available and only limited scope for reconstructing limbs or other parts of the body destroyed by cancer or accidents were available.
