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Equipment and Supplies

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Orthopedics is a gadget-rich specialty. The list is long: dressings, plaster and fiberglass casting supplies, traction equipment, pins, intramedullary rods, plates and screws, prosthetic joints, prosthetic limbs, and crutches.

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    For example, if donated rice is given away, it decreases demand and lowers the price for locally grown rice. This decreases production and encourages food dependency instead of developing food independence. A similar concept applies to equipment donations. Free material donations reduce the development of a sustainable local supply system, which is more important than short-term availability. Donations should serve as a foundation for maintenance of the service.

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  1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Colorado Health Science Center, Aurora, CO, USA

    Richard C. Fisher

  2. Department of Trauma/Orthopedics, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana

    Dominic Awariyah Adondaa

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  1. San Francisco General Hospital Institute for Global Orthopedics and Traumatology, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Richard A. Gosselin

  2. Division of Orthopedic Surgery Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    David A. Spiegel

  3. Columbus, MT, USA

    Michelle Foltz

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Fisher, R.C., Adondaa, D.A. (2020). Equipment and Supplies. In: Gosselin, R., Spiegel, D., Foltz, M. (eds) Global Orthopedics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13290-3_7

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