Oral and maxillofacial surgical contribution to 21 months of operating theatre activity in Kandahar Field Hospital: 1 February 2007-31 October 2008

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 464-468

  Breeze, J ^a   Gibbons, A J ^b   Combes, J G ^c   Monaghan, A M ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PETERBOROUGH DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; Military; Surgical workload

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; BRAIN INJURY; CRANIOTOMY; DEBRIDEMENT; ENDOSCOPY; ENUCLEATION; FACE SURGERY; FEMALE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HELMET; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LIMB AMPUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEUROSURGERY; OPERATING ROOM; ORAL SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCALP; SURGEON; SURGICAL PATIENT; TRACHEOSTOMY; WOUND CLOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; ARM INJURIES; BLAST INJURIES; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; DEBRIDEMENT; FACIAL INJURIES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; GENERAL SURGERY; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NECK INJURIES; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCALP; THORACIC INJURIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 80052037961     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: 15321940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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