Tegucigalpa, Honduras Blog for Thursday, November 7, 2013
Challenging cases today. The second patient was a nasal reconstruction following a motorcycle accident. His nose was crushed so deeply that we had to use rib cartilag...
Tegucigalpa, Honduras Blog for Friday, November 8, 2013
Last day of work, and I am aching head to toe. My first patient is a 14 year old with a severe nasal deformity from an old fracture. The left side was completely bloc...
Tegucigalpa, Honduras Blog for Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Arising early for breakfast and worship, I am beginning to feel tired. Surgery was varied and included a cleft lip repair in a middle school boy who was very self-con...
Tegucigalpa, Honduras Blog for Tuesday, November 5, 2013
On morning rounds, the two boys from yesterday had normal voices for the first time in their lives and were praising God. One older teenager was subject to frequent b...
Tegucigalpa, Honduras Blog for Monday, November 4, 2013
I started the day with two cleft palate revisions, both teenagers with hypernasal voices and regurgitation of liquids into the nose when swallowing. The plan was to r...
Tegucigalpa, Honduras Blog for Sunday, November 3, 2013
Arising at 3:30 am to catch a 6:00 flight through Atlanta, I was grateful for the extra hour ending daylight savings time. The team met in Atlanta for the 3 hour flig...
Dr. Armstrong to serve on Global Health Outreach Mission to Honduras in November 2013
In November 2013, Dr. Armstrong will work alongside Honduran surgeons, surgical residents, anesthesiologists, operating room nurses, and other hospital staff to partn...
Balloon sinus dilation in the office shows proven benefit over traditional endoscopic sinus surgery
Quick relief is now available for many patients with chronic sinusitis. Once considered a painful and messy surgical operation, the majority of blocked sinuses can b...
Wishing All Mothers a Happy Mother’s Day
What can I do this week for a quick lift? Facials and Microdermabrasion Of course, most of the medical procedures available in our office are not something a husb...
Richmond ENT Introduces First miniCAT Scanner
The American Medical Association reported yesterday that there remains a need to reduce the dose of medical radiation exposure among children. Richmond ENT is the fir...