Integrated Medical Education Resources: B.) WORKSHOP DISCUSSION CASES

CASE GROUP #14 (COSMETIC and RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY

Case #47: A child recovered from third degree burns with severe scarification and facial distortion. He was referred to a plastic surgeon for reconstruction. The father objected saying that it was Allah’s will and should be left as is.

Case #48: A child was born with polydactyl and the parents were not sure about corrective surgery to remove the extra digits

Case #49:A teenager felt bad about her distorted teeth and urged her parents to take her for orthodontic corrective surgery

Case #50: a teenager had a big mole on her face and she felt that nobody would marry her because she did not look attractive.

Case #51: A married woman fearing that she was no longer attractive wanted to undergo plastic surgery on the nose and to bleach her skin. She feared that her husband would look for another wife.

Case #52: A champion Qur’an recites was advised to have an operation to make his nose smaller for a better sound.

Case #53: a woman raped when young was advised to undergo hymenal repair before marriage.