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Abstract
The orthopaedic experience of the scud missile disaster in Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia
during the Gulf war is reviewed. This was by far the most severe of 70 scud attacks.
The majority of casualties had ‘orthopaedic’ injuries, fractures and soft tissue lacerations
of the extremities and the back. Our experience confirmed the importance of the principles
of planning triage beforehand and open wound treatment with secondary suture. Repeated
ward rounds with reassessment of the patients proved beneficial. The ready availability
of hospital beds in high-risk situations of regional war highly facilitated the management
of mass casualties.
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Publication history
Accepted:
October 20,
1993
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© 1994 Published by Elsevier Inc.
