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Injury profile suffered by targets of antipersonnel improvised explosive devices: prospective cohort study Shane Smith et Al BMJ Open. 2017; 7(7): e014697. Victims of AP-IED were more likely, compared with APM victims, to have multiple amputations (70.0% vs 10.4%; p<0.001) or genital injury (26% vs 13%; p=0.007). Multiple amputations occurred in 70 patients: 5 quadruple amputations, 27 triple amputations and 38 double amputations. Pelvic fracture occurred in 21 victims, all but one of whom had multiple amputations. Severe perineal,...

Acute Acoustic Trauma among Soldiers during an Intense Combat. Yehudai N et All. J Am Acad Audiol. 2017 May;28(5):436-443     ----------------------------------- On a toujours tendance à l'oublier un peu. Mais mieux vaut prévenir que guérir par le port de protections adaptées en particulier chez les porteurs d'armes lourdes et les opérateurs radios qui doivent faire l'objet...

A modern combat trauma Popivanov G et Al.J R Army Med Corps. 2014 Mar;160(1):52-5   INTRODUCTION: The world remains plagued by wars and terrorist attacks, and improvised...

Steroid-loaded Hemostatic Nanoparticles Alleviate Injury Progression after Blast Trauma Hubbard WD et Al.. ACS Macro Lett. , 2015 , 4 (4), pp 387–391 The purpose of this study...

The incidence of pelvic fractures with traumatic lower limb amputation in modern warfare due to improvised explosive devices Cross AM et Al. J R Nav Med Serv 2014;100(2):152-6...