title: [Orthopedic surgery and traumatology].
abstract: Terrorist explosions cause destruction of material goods and human injury on such a scale that the provision of healthcare in available centers can be compromised. In the last few years we have witnessed terrible terrorist attacks that affect us increasingly closely. The authors describe the intervention of the Department of Traumatology of a university hospital in response to a terrorist attack that left nearly 2,000 persons wounded and 191 dead. As usually occurs in these attacks, the victims' lesions were characterized by the severity and extension of the tissue damage, including penetrating wounds, blast injuries and burns. Critical analysis of previous disasters described by our colleagues in the medical literature is useful to avoid future errors.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain. selvanegra23@yahoo.es
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chana Rodríguez
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Villanueva Martínez
authors.forename: Óscar
authors.initials: Ó
authors.lastname: Riquelme García
authors.forename: Julio
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: de Heras Sánchez-Heredero
authors.forename: Lola
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vigil Escribano
authors.forename: Gerardo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Riquelme Arias
mesh_terms: D015998:Abbreviated Injury Scale; D001753:Blast Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005107:Explosions; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D054527:Mass Casualty Incidents / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009985:Orthopedics; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D014194:Traumatology; D014218:Triage