French surgical experience in the Role 3 Medical Treatment Facility of KaIA (Kabul International Airport, Afghanistan): The place of the orthopedic surgery

Orthopaedics and Traumatology: Surgery and Research

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 681-685

  Barbier, O ^a   Malgras, B ^b   Versier, G ^a,c   Pons, F ^c   Rigal, S ^c,d   Ollat, D ^a,c  

^a SERVICE D ENDOCRINOLOGIE   (France)

^b University of Paris Descartes   (France)

^c Hôpital Inter Armées du Val de Grâce   (France)

^d PERCY MILITARY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; Education; Orthopedics; War

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; AMPUTATION; ARMY; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; BURN; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DEBRIDEMENT; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRANCE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL CARE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN GRAFT; SOLDIER; SPORT INJURY; SURGERY; SURGICAL TRAINING; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WIDE EXCISION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WAR; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; AFGHANISTAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PATIENTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921688308     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18770568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otsr.2014.06.010     Document Type: Article

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