Making giant strides in plastic surgery

March 22, 2026 - 10:58

Việt Đức Hospital is becoming a trailblazer in one of the most difficult procedures in reconstructive plastic surgery thanks to support from UK-based charity Facing the World. Here we meet one 9-year-old girl who has a whole new lease on life after pioneering surgery to rebuild her an ear.

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