Several abstracts related to trauma and military surgery are presented including surgical options to control laparotomy, study on electrolyte variability in military trauma patients and psychological effects of extracorporeal hemofiltration in hind limb ischemia-reperfusion injury in Sus scrofa.
COLON injuries, WAR wounds, BATTLE casualties, MILITARY surgery, WOUNDS & injuries
Abstract
Discusses the experience of selective primary repair for penetrating colonic injuries incorporating a number of procedures during the 1992-1995 Bosnia-Herzegovina conflict. Patients needing primary repair and those who needed a colostomy; Determination of the cause of injury; Finding that primary repair was a safe and effective treatment for penetrating colonic injuries during war.