Beyond Survival: Reconstructive Surgery as Part of the Continuum of Care in Conflict Settings

This poster examines the gap between acute trauma care and reconstructive care in conflict-affected settings. Using the case of a child who survived a bombing in South Darfur, Sudan, and sustained severe facial and neck injuries at age three, it shows how delayed reconstruction leaves lasting functional, developmental and social impairment. It presents a three-phase Reconstructive Roadmap (Functional Baseline, Structural Integrity, Aesthetic & Social Reconstruction) as a clinical and advocacy framework. It calls for early reconstructive assessment, local surgical capacity-building, outreach missions and sustained specialist partnerships.