Extremity war injuries: A retrospective study of the Iran–Iraq war

Extremity war injuries: current management and research priorities.

The United States Armed Forces have been engaged in combat operations for more than 10 years. Not enough can be said about nor enough gratitude expressed to our troops for their commitment and sacrifice during this period. This supplement to the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons is dedicated to the men and women of the United States Armed Services and to their families and...

War Injuries of the Eye

In these days of war, both from the battle areas and from accidents in war industries, injuries to the eye are common. Many of these injuries are perforating in nature ; a foreign body has entered some part of the globe and may be lodged inside or outside the eyeball. In war injuries, the foreign bodies include splinters from glass, bombs, shells, handgrenades and booby-traps, whereas in indust...

War Wounds and Injuries

War liver injuries.

AIM To provide a retrospective analysis of our results and experience in primary surgical treatment of subjects with war liver injuries. METHODS From July 1991 to December 1999, 204 subjects with war liver injuries were treated. A total of 82.8% of the injured were with the liver injuries combined with the injuries of other organs. In 93.7%, the injuries were caused by fragments of explosive ...

Craniofacial war injuries.

In this paper, recent concepts in the management of war wounds of the maxillofacial region are described. A brief differentiation is also given between general practice medicine and military medicine.