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Surgical Needs at the End of the Battle of Mosul: Results from Mosul General Hospital
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- Backström, Fredrik (författare)
- Linköpings universitet,Institutionen för klinisk och experimentell medicin,Medicinska fakulteten,Region Östergötland, Katastrofmedicinskt centrum
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- Bäckström, Denise (författare)
- Linköpings universitet,Avdelningen för Kirurgi, Ortopedi och Onkologi,Medicinska fakulteten,Region Östergötland, Anestesi- och intensivvårdskliniken VIN
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- Sadi, Lin (författare)
- Capio St Gorans Hosp, Sweden
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- Andersson, Peter (författare)
- Linköpings universitet,Avdelningen för Kirurgi, Ortopedi och Onkologi,Medicinska fakulteten,Region Östergötland, Kirurgiska kliniken ViN,Vrinnevi Hosp, Sweden
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- Wladis, Andreas (författare)
- Linköpings universitet,Avdelningen för Kirurgi, Ortopedi och Onkologi,Medicinska fakulteten,Capio St Gorans Hosp, Sweden
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- 2020
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: World Journal of Surgery. - : SPRINGER. - 0364-2313 .- 1432-2323.
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Abstract
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- Purpose The aim of the study was to analyze the surgical needs of patients seeking emergency care at the Mosul General Hospital in the final phase of the battle of Mosul in northern Iraq between an international military coalition and rebel forces. During the conflict, the International Red Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) supported the hospital with staff and resources. Ceasefire in the conflict was declared at the end of July 2017. Methods Routinely collected hospital data from the ICRC-supported Mosul General Hospital from June 6, 2017, to October 1, 2017 were collected and analyzed retrospectively. All patients with weapon-related injuries as well as all patients with other types of injuries or acute surgical illness were included. Results Some 265 patients were admitted during the study period. Non-weapon-related conditions were more common than weapon-related (55.1%). The most common non-weapon-related condition was appendicitis followed by hernia and soft tissue wounds. Blast/fragment was the most frequent weapon-related injury mechanism followed by gunshot. The most commonly injured body regions were chest and abdomen. Children accounted for 35.3% of all weapon-related injuries. Patients presented at the hospital with weapon-related injuries more than 2 months after the official declaration of ceasefire. A majority of the non-weapon-related, as well as the weapon-related conditions, needed surgery (88.1% and 87.6%, respectively). Few postoperative complications were reported. Conclusions The number of children affected by the fighting seems to be higher in this cohort compared to previous reports. Even several months after the fighting officially ceased, patients with weapon-related injuries were presenting. Everyday illnesses or non-weapon-related injuries dominated. This finding underlines the importance of providing victims of conflicts with surgery for life-threatening conditions, whether weapon related or not.
Ämnesord
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Klinisk medicin -- Kirurgi (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Clinical Medicine -- Surgery (hsv//eng)
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- Disaster Medicine
- Katastrofmedicin
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