August 30, 2016
Visnouk is an eight-year-old boy who lives in Cambodia with his parents and sister. He’s in second grade. “Visnouk enjoys staying at home watching TV and playing next door with his neighbors,” shares our medical partner, Children’s Surgical Centre (CSC).
“Visnouk received a poorly administered injection in each thigh muscle when he was three months old,” explains CSC. “This caused quadriceps fibrosis in each thigh muscle. He can’t bend his legs and his knees are stiff.”
With $425, surgeons at CSC will perform a quadricepsplasty on his left thigh muscle. This corrective surgery will give him a greater range of motion, allowing him to flex his knee and walk again.
Visnouk is an eight-year-old boy who lives in Cambodia with his parents and sister. He's in second grade. "Visnouk enjoys staying at home w...
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November 1, 2016
Visnouk successfully received surgery to heal contracted muscles.
Visnouk received a poorly administered injection in each thigh muscle when he was three months old, causing quadriceps fibrosis in each thigh muscle. This has made it so he has not been able to bend his legs since he was a young child.
Visnouk’s treatment went well! After his operation, he had one week of physiotherapy before going home. Today, his wound has healed, he is able to walk without pain, and can now play with his friends at school.
“I’m happy to be back home and go back to school again,” says Visnouk.
Visnouk received a poorly administered injection in each thigh muscle when he was three months old, causing quadriceps fibrosis in each thig...
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