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The paper analyzed our experiences with repairing the skin defects in 120 wounded patients in the first war year. After primarily surgical observations patients were hospitalized in the ORL clinic for a further care. Most of wounds were by artillery projectiles. Extensivity, intensivity and primary contamination are three characteristics of war wounds that makes problems in definitely repairing of defects. This is because of the secondary repair 67.80% defects. Spontaneous reepithelization is noticed in 14.80% defects. By direct sutures we closed 16.00%, free skin tissues grafts 23.26%, used various techniques of rotation and transposition flaps 46.52% defects. Correct plastic reconstructive planning and active physical-chemical preoperative treatment eliminated big postoperative complications.

Since the beginning of the war, during the last year, we have examined 255 patients who were exposed to shelling of different origin and caliber. Our pilot study included 197 of patients. We have excluded patients having serious head and brain injuries, as well as cases previously having chronic ear infection, hearing damage and disturbances of vestibulary functions. Patients over 55 years of age were also not included in our study. Our paper presents the consequences of blast injuries to the ear, as well as type and degree of hearing damage. Acquired data are based on anamnesis, ENT examinations, functional hearing tests, examinations of vestibulary function and patient follow-up. Our examinations have pointed out that the majority of the examined patients had sensory neural hearing damage. On the basis of that, we can conclude that the blast had a greater effect on the sensory structures of the inner ear than the middle ear.

Prominent position of nose and paranasal sinuses (nose complex) is one of the most percentage of war injuries (37.00% of ORL region). Unfortunately, these wounds are badly observed. So late we have big functional and aesthetical disorders. Using simple methods like inspection, palpation, rhinoscopy and some radiologic examination we could have a good information about kind and lesion extension. It is very important in operating planning. This paper is retrospective analyses of nose complex war injuries in a first 12 months of aggression. They are open nonpenetrans in less than a half cases and high percent of isolated injuries (42.60%). Most of them are from artillery projectiles.

In this paper we presented 83 patients with war injuries of the temporal area. They have got injuries directly with gun shoots or with blunt force. These patients were observed during the last war year from the 01. 04. 1992 to the 01. 04. 1993. The methods used in this observation were: anamnesis, inspection, palpitation, X-ray diagnosis, following vital signs, and a local status (otoscopy). Acute trauma of the head looking for the presents of ENT specialist, because of the exact diagnosis of the polytraumatized patient and because of prevention some complications.