Nerve injuries sustained during warfare

Abdominal Injuries of Warfare

Hand injuries sustained during jungle training.

During the initial six week period of deployment and jungle training in Belize, a 634 man strong infantry battalion group sustained twenty-three machete hand injuries. Eighteen were treated at battalion level, while five required hospital treatment. The management of these injuries is considered.

Injuries of the spine sustained during rugby.

In 1984 JR Silver reported on 63 patients who had sustained serious injuries of their cervical spine as a result of games of rugby between the years 1952 and 1982. In this paper his results have been brought up to date. A further 19 players who were treated personally are reported, sustaining their injuries between 1983 and 1987. The mechanism of injury was still blows to the head or the head b...

O11: Iatrogenic Nerve Injuries

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Injuries sustained by runners during a popular marathon.

Open-entry marathon running events are becoming increasingly common. In 1982 more than a hundred such events were planned in Britain (Running Magazine, 1982), and the popularity of these events may still be on the increase. The tens of thousands of runners taking part may be at some risk of sustaining injuries whilst training for and running in these races. Nicholl and Williams (1982a) have giv...