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A TIMOR EXPERIENCE IN WAR AND CIVILIAN TRAUMA
Author(s) -
ScottFindlay J.,
Smith F. S.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1976.tb134413.x
Subject(s) - surgery , mass casualty , medicine , debridement (dental) , closure (psychology) , fixation (population genetics) , abdominal trauma , drainage , general surgery , political science , medical emergency , law , blunt , environmental health , population , ecology , biology
The purpose of this paper is to report on the absolute necessity, in a mass casualty or war situation, of: (i) debridement with delayed primary closure of all wounds; (ii) extensive drainage of abdominal and pleural cavities; (iii) the external fixation of fractures.