Press Conference

December 21st, Yerevan Centre of Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction (YCLLR) organized a press conference-discussion. It was held in the conference hall of Nairi Medical Centre, the 5th floor, Paronyan 21. The journalists were presented:

• The main problems of esthetic surgery in Armenia;
• Foreign citizens’ treatment in Armenia, particularly prerequisites and obstacles of “medical tourism” development;
• Application of Ilizarov’s method in limb esthetic treatment.

Arshak Mirzoyan, D.M.S, Professor, founder of YCLLR, opened the conference and presented the newly opened website.

Narine Mamikonyan, director of Nairi Medical Centre, Ashot Torosyan, director of Nataly Pharm Malatia, Grigor Khachatryan, Associate Professor, Candidate of Medical Science, director of Maxillofacial Surgery Clinic, Clinical Hospital №3, Psychologist Michael Mandatyan participated in the discussion. Representatives of Ministries of Health, Economics and Diaspora had their participations as well.

Curently 68% of the people who had limb esthetic treatment are foreigners, 32 % – citizens of RA. The low percent is a result of lack of information in our country, less attention to esthetic problems of legs, as well as a series of social and psychological factors.

Today YCLLR is engaged in such services as patients’ whole treatment, household and etc. In YCLLR the geography of the operated people includes South Caucasus region, Europe, Australia, USA, Canada and other countries.

Demand to esthetic surgery speaks in itself about premises of Armenian medical tourism development and the latter’s motivation over the existing problems. Yerevan Centre of Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction have been functioning since 1989 and well known as a leader of that field of reconstructive surgery in the region.

The Centre realizes comprehensive and technologically advanced treatment of congenital and acquired orthopedic diseases and limb esthetic surgery.