Boletin Sonrisas Febrary 2012

February 2012www.aproquen.org

PwC Nicaragua Joins APROQUEN

The importance of nutrition in children with Cleft Lip and Palate

The Lion King Starts to Roar

Major League Pitcher joinsAPROQUEN team

Distinguished Plastic Surgeons from the US Visited APROQUEN

APROQUEN and Hospital Johns Hopkins in Mission of Micro Vascular Surgery

The Great Duke of Luxemburg joins APROQUEN's 2012 Campaign on Prevention

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Boletín Sonrisas February 2012

Distinguished Plastic Surgeons from the US Visited APROQUEN

Dr. Mario Pérez, Dr. Armand Versaci, Dra. Ivette Icaza, Dr. Humberto Briceño and Dr. David Harrington

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For one whole week, APROQUEN

counted with the visit of doctors

Armand Versaci, pioneer in US

plastic surgery, and Dr. David

Harrington, Director of The Burn

Center of Rhode Island, thanks to a

collaboration agreement signed

between The Association of

Affiliated Surgeons from Alpert

Medical School of Brown University

in Rhode Island and APROQUEN.

The Association of Affiliated

Surgeons from Alpert Medical

School is an entity formed by 48

certified surgeons from the

American Board of Surgery. Both

doctors worked with the personnel

from APROQUEN and offered two

days of training in the care and

treatment of burn patients. Dr.

Versaci is the founder of the School

of Plastic and Reconstructive

Surgery of Brown University

Hospital. Dr. Harrington is Director

of the Department of Surgery and of

the Burn Center from the Hospital of

Rhode Island for over 10 years.

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Dr. Patrick Byrne, during microsurgery on the patient Bianca Gonzalez


For one whole week, APROQUEN

counted with the visit of doctors

Armand Versaci, pioneer in US

plastic surgery, and Dr. David

Harrington, Director of The Burn

Center of Rhode Island, thanks to a

collaboration agreement signed

between The Association of

Affiliated Surgeons from Alpert

Medical School of Brown University

in Rhode Island and APROQUEN.

The Association of Affiliated

Surgeons from Alpert Medical

School is an entity formed by 48

certified surgeons from the

American Board of Surgery. Both

doctors worked with the personnel

from APROQUEN and offered two

days of training in the care and

treatment of burn patients. Dr.

Versaci is the founder of the School

of Plastic and Reconstructive

Surgery of Brown University

Hospital. Dr. Harrington is Director

of the Department of Surgery and of

the Burn Center from the Hospital of

Rhode Island for over 10 years.

APROQUEN and Hospital Johns Hopkins in Mission of Micro Vascular Surgery

APROQUEN's Operating Room

inside the Burn Unit was witness to

the Microvascular Surgical Mission

held for a second time from the 13th

to the 16th of February with the

medical group of Johns Hopkins

Hospital of Baltimore, headed by

Doctor Patrick Byrne, professor and

head of the Department of

Otolaryngology – Head and Neck

Surgery of the School of Medicine of

Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Byrne

worked side by side with the

APROQUEN team headed by Dr.

Mario Pérez, Medical Director of

this Association. Surgeries lasted a

total of 8 hours each, and were

practiced on patients: Yader Ruíz

Rivas of 21 years of age that suffered

from a severe burn aftermath that

produced limitations in the

movement of his head, neck, thorax,

and back, and on Bianca Marina

González González of 16 years old

who suffers from Parry Romberg

Syndrome or otherwise known as

Progressive Hemifacial Atrophy.

These interventions, ranging

between 60 and 80 million dollars

in the United States, were

performed on both patients

completely free of cost.

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APROQUEN's Operating Room

inside the Burn Unit was witness to

the Microvascular Surgical Mission

held for a second time from the 13th

to the 16th of February with the

medical group of Johns Hopkins

Hospital of Baltimore, headed by

Doctor Patrick Byrne, professor and

head of the Department of

Otolaryngology – Head and Neck

Surgery of the School of Medicine of

Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Byrne

worked side by side with the

APROQUEN team headed by Dr.

Mario Pérez, Medical Director of

this Association. Surgeries lasted a

total of 8 hours each, and were

practiced on patients: Yader Ruíz

Rivas of 21 years of age that suffered

from a severe burn aftermath that

produced limitations in the

movement of his head, neck, thorax,

and back, and on Bianca Marina

González González of 16 years old

who suffers from Parry Romberg

Syndrome or otherwise known as

Progressive Hemifacial Atrophy.

These interventions, ranging

between 60 and 80 million dollars

in the United States, were

performed on both patients

completely free of cost.

In representation of the Great Duke

of Luxemburg, the wives of the

honorary councils in Central

America visited the Burn Unit with

the purpose of getting to know

APROQUEN's work more closely,

which is also the reason behind the

country's decision to join this year's

Campaign on the Prevention of

Burn Injuries in Elementary Schools.

This activity that APROQUEN

initiated since the year 2011 has

counted with the support of

Dicegsa, Fundación César

Guerrero, Hospital Metropolitano

Vivian Pellas, and the Fire

Department of Ingenio San Antonio,

as well as with the support of

Physiotherapy students from

POLISAL and other volunteers.

The Great Duke of Luxemburg joins APROQUEN's 2012

Campaign on Prevention

Representatives of the Central American Consulates of Luxembourg visiting the Burns Unit

Sra. Vivian Pellas and Sr. Francisco Castro Mátus of PwC


PwC Nicaragua, the number one

firm in professional services,

recently became part of the cause

for the burn children of Nicaragua.

Representatives of the firm were

headed by Mr. Francisco Castro

Matus, partner of PwC Nicaragua,

during their visit to the offices of

APROQUEN with the purpose of

personally delivering a donation to

the president of this organization,

Mrs. Vivian Pellas. The donation is

destined towards the care of our

young patients and their families

while at the Shelter Home, which is

where APROQUEN has them stay

when they come from distant places

away from Managua. This offering is

only the beginning of a support

project that PwC wishes to

implement for APROQUEN,

extending it in a near future to the

rest of the other seven regional

offices.

PwC Nicaragua joins APROQUEN

The cast of actors who give life to the Lion King with Mrs. Vivian Pellas and part ofproduction equipment


APROQUEN held in February the

casting for the characters of the

musical work The Lion King, work

with which we will be celebrating

our Annual Gala for our 21st

Anniversary this upcoming 9th and

10th of June at the National Theatre,

Rubén Darío. The representations

that took place at the Studio

Gimnasio Ilusiones served for the

selection of actors that will

represent the following characters:

Simba, Mufasa, Sarabi, Scar, Timon

& Pumbaa, Zazu, Rafiki, and

Hyenas.

PwC Nicaragua, the number one

firm in professional services,

recently became part of the cause

for the burn children of Nicaragua.

Representatives of the firm were

headed by Mr. Francisco Castro

Matus, partner of PwC Nicaragua,

during their visit to the offices of

APROQUEN with the purpose of

personally delivering a donation to

the president of this organization,

Mrs. Vivian Pellas. The donation is

destined towards the care of our

young patients and their families

while at the Shelter Home, which is

where APROQUEN has them stay

when they come from distant places

away from Managua. This offering is

only the beginning of a support

project that PwC wishes to

implement for APROQUEN,

extending it in a near future to the

rest of the other seven regional

offices.

The Lion King Starts to Roar

Vicente Padilla with Marelin, a burn survivor, and our founder, Ms. Vivian Pellas

This past February 13th our pitcher

of Great Leagues, Vicente Padilla,

inaugurated the IV Women's

Modified Softball League. While

wearing our team APROQUEN

shirt, he gave way to the opening

game of APROQUEN.

Padilla, who has been consistent in

the last 13 years since 1999 when

he signed with the Arizona

Diamondbacks, has been the Star

Pitcher for the Phillips of

Philadelphia, The Texas Rangers,

and The LA Dodgers. This year's

good news, he has now signed with

The Boston Red Sox where he will

still be awaiting for a position.

Additionally, he has won over 100

Great League Baseball games.


Major League Pitcher joinsAPROQUEN team

LPH children should wear special pachas


Two specialist on Cleft Lip and

Palate from the Swiss group of

NICAPLAST visiting our country for

over 13 years to support with

surgeries and training in the North

and West sides of our country, made

room in their agenda to support

APROQUEN in their Program of

Comprehensive Care and Attention

for Children with Cleft Lip and

Palate. Silvia Honigmann, specialist

in the nutrition of children with this

congenital malformation and Ulrike

Wohlleben, speech therapist,

evaluated some of our patients, and

at the same time, shared

experiences with our medical

personnel on topics of postoperative

and newborn nutrition.

The importance of nutrition in children with Cleft Lip and Palate

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