In the Jordanian capital Amman, a project of the private aid organisation „Doctors without Borders“ was launched in 2006, which specializes in reconstructive surgery for war-wounded people from neighbouring countries that have been fought over. The reconstructive surgical measures and orthopedic rehabilitation are unique in Jordan. Fractures, (burn) injuries, damage to the face, upper and lower jaws are treated there with specialized treatment over a long period of time, both orthopedically and plastically. 50 of the 200 patients are children; they also come from Jordan but are then treated at home. The MSF team also consists of physiotherapists, occupational therapists and an orthopedic technician who, working together as a team, make limbs using a 3D printer. However, five of these devices are not located in Amman at the „Reconstructive Surgery Hospital“, where the war wounded are treated, but in the city of Irbid, 90 kilometers away, where the physiotherapist Samar Ismail digitally transfers the data set of the 3D model of the extremities of the affected persons. The team at the hospital in Amman has specialized in the creation of the upper extremities, such as arms and hands, and tries to recreate the severed and mutilated body parts as best as possible. Especially for the children, this is enormous progress in order not to be excluded while playing. The prosthesis to be made consists of three parts which are connected to each other. The prosthesis consists of a base and a so-called forehand, which is the middle part of the prosthesis that is glued to the base after both have been fitted and finally printed. Different hand shapes are mechanically screwed to this element, depending on what the prosthesis wearer wants to do with the artificial hand. For this reason, the affected handicapped person is also assigned two or three hands, in which the fingers are shaped differently according to individual needs. If there is still an intact hand, it serves as a model for the hand destroyed by bombs, rockets, and mines. This hand is then scanned, mirrored and printed from the data record of the plastic handset. After the prosthesis has been fitted, but also before, the patient, with the support of an occupational therapist, works on skill exercises and muscle building in order to be prepared for the new situation. The clinic in Jordan is a great blessing for all those injured by the war and also for injured locals, especially since the production of prostheses is not only very inexpensive at 70 Euros, but also requires only a short production time.
