title: Crush syndrome: experience from the Lebanon War, 1982.
abstract: Eight patients with crush syndrome were treated in our department during the Lebanon War, 1982. They arrived after having been trapped under fallen masonry for 4 to 28 h. They all had injuries of the lower limbs, with neurological deficiency and myoglobinuria. The local and general aspects of the syndrome are presented and discussed and a successful treatment protocol outlined.
mesh_terms: D003444:Crush Syndrome / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007861:Lebanon; D007869:Leg Injuries / Q000628:therapy*; D008887:Military Medicine; D009212:Myoglobinuria / Q000628:therapy; D012774:Shock, Traumatic / Q000628:therapy*; D014857:Warfare