Urologic injuries in the Gulf War

This study aims to compare the urologic injuries treated at Kuwait during the Gulf War with those recently reported by the United States urologic surgeons. Gunshot caused the majority of the injuries (58%) on our side of the battle compared with fragmentation injuries (83%) on the other side. We had...

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Published in:International urology and nephrology 1999, Vol.31 (5), p.577-583
Main Authors: Abu-Zidan, F M, Al-Tawheed, A, Ali, Y M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abdominal Injuries - epidemiology
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Child
Female
Humans
Kidney - injuries
Kuwait - epidemiology
Male
Middle Aged
Protective Clothing
United States
Ureter - injuries
Urogenital System - injuries
Vietnam - epidemiology
Warfare
Wounds and Injuries - epidemiology
Wounds and Injuries - prevention & control
Wounds and Injuries - surgery
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Summary:This study aims to compare the urologic injuries treated at Kuwait during the Gulf War with those recently reported by the United States urologic surgeons. Gunshot caused the majority of the injuries (58%) on our side of the battle compared with fragmentation injuries (83%) on the other side. We had statistically significant higher renal and ureteric injuries (14/35 compared with 5/30; p
ISSN:0301-1623
1573-2584
DOI:10.1023/A:1007140001561