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  • Dear Friends of SOAP

    We are writing to thank you for making SOAP’s inaugural year such a impactful success! Please join us in celebrating where we have been in 2024 and in anticipating where we are headed in 2025! (Hint— there’s a BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!) SOAP’s 2024 Accomplishments Thanks to your incredible generosity, SOAP expanded our impact on orthopedic education…

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  •  Long distance success!

    In late August, an 8 year old boy came to KCMC for a fracture of his thigh near the hip joint. In the past this fracture would be treated with traction and long term immobilization, but with your help SOAP had provided instrumentation and pediatric specific orthopedic implants making surgery possible. Together with Dr Virginia…

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  • So Much Teaching!

    Hello SOAP Friends!  You have seen many photos now of all the teaching our SOAP team was able to do while in the operating room.  In addition to providing instruction in that setting, our team gave daily lectures every afternoon.  Many topics were so popular that the Tanzanian residents asked for recaps!   Dr. Bobby’s…

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  • Enevoldi’s Hip Surgery!

    Hello, SOAP Friends!  I’d like to share with you like one of the last SOAP patients from our trip, Enevoldi.  He is a very polite 15 year old young man who had experienced worsening hip pain for several months.  The Tanzanian residents asked Dr. Casey to see him in clinic to review his case.  Dr.…

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  • Kneecap Surgery for Calvin!

    Introducing Calvin, an outgoing, friendly 22 year old young man.  He had the misfortune to break his kneecap bone when he fell on a rock while playing soccer.  His family could not afford the surgery that he needed.  Luckily, through the donations provided by Friends of SOAP, we were able to fund his surgery!  Drs.…

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  • Femur Repair for Clemensiana!

    Another Tanzanian child was fortunate to have Dr. Casey here with our SOAP team!  Clemensiana is a 10 year old little girl with cerebral palsy (CP).  Her mother is very attentive to her care, and she could tell that Clemensiana developed pain in her right thigh, which then began to swell.  X-rays showed a break…

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