@article{ref1,
title="Suicide bombing injuries: the Jerusalem experience of exceptional tissue damage posing a new challenge for the reconstructive surgeon",
journal="Plastic and reconstructive surgery",
year="2006",
author="Ad-El, Dean D. and Eldad, A. and Mintz, Yoav and Berlatzky, Y. and Elami, Amir and Rivkind, Avraham I. and Almogy, Gidon and Tzur, Tomer",
volume="118",
number="2",
pages="383-387",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Suicide bomb injuries vary in form and magnitude. From the onset of the second Palestinian &quot;intifada&quot; in October of 2000 until January of 2004, 577 victims of suicide bombings were admitted to the Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center. A single bomber carrying a handbag or belt containing multiple metal objects and explosives carried out most of the attacks. As a result, many of the victims suffered massive tissue destruction in addition to conventional blast injuries. METHODS: This article describes the management of this trauma-related &quot;syndrome&quot; of combined primary and high-magnitude secondary blast injury. RESULTS: The management of the extensive soft-tissue damage is described and two representative cases presented. CONCLUSION: Suicide bombing-related injuries in their present form are a true challenge for the reconstructive surgeon. <p>Discussion / commentary pp. 388-9</p><p></p><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0032-1052",
doi="10.1097/01.prs.0000227736.91811.c7",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.prs.0000227736.91811.c7"
}