Pakistan Earthquake: Experiences of a Multidisciplinary Surgical Team

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 361-367

  Rajpura, Asim ^a   Boutros, Ihab ^a   Khan, Tahir ^a   Khan, Sohail Ali ^a  

^a HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

earthquake; Ilizarov; Kashmir; limb reconstruction; multidisciplinary; orthopedic; Pakistan; plastic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DISASTER; DISASTER MEDICINE; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PAKISTAN; SURGERY; TRAUMATIC AMPUTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; CHILD; DISASTER MEDICINE; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MEDICAL MISSIONS, OFFICIAL; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 78049513535     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00008359     Document Type: Review

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