%0 Journal Article
%T Medical consequences of land mines: Red Cross experiences
%J Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde
%D 1994
%A Korver, A. J.
%V 138
%N 13
%P 659-661
%X OBJECTIVE: To describe the medical consequences of land mine injuries. DESIGN: Retrospective study. METHOD: A total of 17,414 casualties of war, treated in five hospitals of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) over a three-year period were evaluated. 3264 of these casualties had anti-personnel mine injuries. RESULTS: Approximately one out of three land mine casualties underwent an amputation of the lower extremities (n = 1040). The number of operations and the blood requirements depended on the extent of the amputation. Hospital mortality was 3.8%. CONCLUSION: Amputees have a higher mortality and a longer hospital stay, need more blood and undergo more operations than non-amputated casualties. The social consequences are considerable, as well. Better protection against indiscriminate use of anti-personnel mines is urgently necessary on medical grounds.<p /><p>Language: nl</p>
%G nl
%I Erven Bohn
%@ 0028-2162
%U http://dx.doi.org/