MADISON, Wis. — Maks Makarenkov couldn't help but smile on car rides through the capital city. He saw homes with blue and yellow flags pinned in their windows or dangling from flagpoles.
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In fight to save Ukraine's wounded, surgeons learn skills at UW-Madison
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Daniil, a Ukrainian military surgeon whose last name is being withheld for security reasons, learns microsurgical techniques useful for repairing war injuries, at the UW Microsurgery Regenerative Medicine Lab in Madison on April 2. The plastic surgery division hosted six Ukrainian frontline trauma surgeons for a two-week intensive training.
Ukrainian surgeon Anya Ubovenko practices suturing the blood vessels in a chicken thigh during a microsurgery lesson at the UW Microsurgery Regenerative Medicine Lab in Madison. The plastic surgery division hosted six Ukrainian frontline trauma surgeons for a two-week intensive training in April.
On left, Weifeng Zeng, senior scientist of UW Microsurgery, practices repairing blood vessels in a chicken thigh with Ukrainian surgeons at the UW Microsurgery Regenerative Medicine Lab in Madison in April. The plastic surgery division hosted six Ukrainian frontline trauma surgeons for a two-week intensive training.
Ukrainian surgeons practice repairing blood vessels in a chicken thigh with microsurgery, using blue dye to better see the vessels, at the UW Microsurgery Regenerative Medicine Lab in Madison. The plastic surgery division hosted six Ukrainian frontline trauma surgeons for a two-week intensive training.
Weifeng Zeng, senior scientist of UW Microsurgery, Dr. Samuel Poore, chair of the UW Division of Plastic Surgery, and Dr. Aaron Dingle, assistant professor in the division, pose for a portrait in the UW Microsurgery Regenerative Medicine Lab.
Ukrainian surgeon Maks Makarenkov learns microsurgery techniques at the UW Microsurgery Regenerative Medicine Lab in Madison in April. The plastic surgery division hosted six Ukrainian frontline trauma surgeons for a two-week intensive training.
The view through a WiscVision Microscope. Blue dye injected through a catheter mimics blood, helping surgeons confirm their sutures won't leak.
Ukrainian surgeons watch Weifeng Zeng practice microsurgical care on a cadaver. Their training started with chicken thighs, and then graduated to cadavers in the second week of their two-week training at the UW Microsurgery Regenerative Medicine Lab in Madison.
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