Surgical challenges in a new theater of modern warfare: The French role 2 in Gao, Mali

Injury

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 99-103

  Malgras, Brice ^a,b   Barbier, Olivier ^a,c   Petit, Ludovic ^d   Rigal, Sylvain ^e   Pons, François ^f   Pasquier, Pierre ^a,c  

^a 14th Parachutist Forward Surgical Team ^*  (France)

^b University of Paris Descartes   (France)

^c Military Hospital Begin   (France)

^d 8th French Military Parachutist Unit   (France)

^e Percy Military Teaching Hospital   (France)

^f French Military Health Service Academy   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; Role 2; Surgery; War

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALI; NEUROSURGERY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX SURGERY; VASCULAR SURGERY; WARFARE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MILITARY MEDICINE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; STANDARDS; TRAUMATOLOGY; TRENDS; WAR-RELATED INJURIES;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALI; MILITARY MEDICINE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; TRAUMATOLOGY; WAR-RELATED INJURIES; WARFARE;

EID: 84953839871     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2015.07.035     Document Type: Article

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