"Einsatzchirurgie"-experiences of German military surgeons in Afghanistan

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 396, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 507-522

  Willy, Christian ^a   Hauer, Thorsten ^a   Huschitt, Niels ^a   Palm, Hans Georg ^a  

^a Military Hospital Ulm   (Germany)

Author keywords

Combat injuries; Injuries; Injury patterns; Military surgery; Training programme; Wounds

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; AFGHANISTAN; ARMY; BATTLE INJURY; BOMB; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEBRIDEMENT; GERMANY; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MILITARY MEDICINE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; SOLDIER; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX INJURY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WAR;

AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; GERMANY; HUMANS; MILITARY MEDICINE; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 79956196882     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: 14352451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00423-011-0760-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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