Jefferson Physicians Perform Emergency Surgery on Teen from Belize
Dr. Howard Krein, an ENT physician at Jefferson, was in Belize on a medical mission when he met a teen with juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma who needed surgery to remove a large tumor from his nasal cavity.
Dr. Krein specializes in general head and neck surgery as well as facial plastic and reconstructive surgery.
Dr. Krein, along with Dr. Marc Rosen and Dr. Jim Evans, performed the surgery on 16-year-old Luigi Troches, who was brought to Philadelphia from Belize. The teen is breathing easier now and would have died without having the surgery.
Watch the 6 ABC video of this touching story.
Publication: 6 ABC
Published: 3/5/2010