Africa Surgery treats a lot of patients who come in with problems like an abscessed jaw or a tumor mass around their face. They are often directed to Dr. Don Davis in Freetown, who is Sierra Leone’s sole oral surgeon.
Abscesses are treated both medically and surgically, with the removal of the infection and reconstruction of the jaw being the two main components of the treatment. When it is determined that the tumors may be surgically removed, Dr. Davis collaborates with maxi-facial surgeons traveling from other countries. Chemotherapy is an effective treatment for the malignant tumors that Burkitt’s lymphoma causes.
About twenty to thirty instances of oral and facial surgery have been performed and paid for through Africa Surgery.
