[Experience in organizing the surgical work of a garrison hospital in an armed conflict].
The authors have summarized organizational experience of surgical work of garrison military hospital strengthened with specialized brigades during the period of armed conflict in Republic of Dagestan (August-September, 1999). From the start of active actions in order to render assistance specialized surgical teams from district military hospital equipped with special kits (at the rate of 7 operations/day during a week) were sent to garrison hospital. In this armed conflict there are features characterising both mine-and-explosive war in Afghanistan and sniper war in Chechen Republic resulting in increase in the number of seriously wounded (up to 46.7%) casualties during Botlikhskiĭ operation constituted 1:4, Novolakskiĭ (Kadarskiĭ)--1:5. Bullet injuries were fatal in 49.4% of the cases, fragmentation (including MET)--50.6%. During 1.5 month of hospital work there were performed 303 surgical interventions. 22.7% of slightly wounded from local garrisons were treated in garrison hospitals. Treatment results--postoperative lethality in gunshot trauma at the given stage constituted 1.1%.
Ulunov
A D
AD
Tatarin
S N
SN
Ivantsov
V A
VA
Teslenko
Iu A
IuA
Ismailov
R M
RM
Fokin
Iu N
IuN
Lukashov
O V
OV
D003610:Dagestan / Q000453:epidemiology; D004630:Emergencies; D006772:Hospitals, Military / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013503:Surgery Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014218:Triage / Q000458:organization & administration; D014857:Warfare; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery
Opyt organizatsii khirurgicheskoĭ raboty garnizonnogo gospitalia v vooruzhennom konflikte.