Medicinski vjesnik, Vol. 26 No. (1-4), 1994.
Preliminary communication
Urogenital war injuries treated at Medical center in Slavonski Brod
B Karlović
Z Medverec
J Mitar
Đ Lucić
Abstract
At the Surgical Department of Slavonski Brod Medical Center, 4520 wounded were hospitalized, 91 of whom (2%) because of urogenital wounds. Kidney injury was the most common (55 cases, i.e. 60.4%) and ureteral injury (3 cases, i.e. 3.3%) the least common. In 97% of cases injuries of the kidney, ureter and bladder were associated with different abdominal injuries. In 37 of 55 kidney injuries (67%) nephrectomy was performed, and 10 of 18 testicular injuries (55.5%) were treated by orchidectomy.
Keywords
war injuries; urogenital tract
Hrčak ID:
193146
URI
Publication date:
1.12.1994.
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