TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1997//
TI  - Ballistic trauma in 1991/92 war in Osijek, Croatia: shell fragments versus bullets
JO  - Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps
A1  - Lovric, Z.
A1  - Kuvezdic, H.
A1  - Prlić, D.
A1  - Wertheimer, B.
A1  - Candrlic, K.
SP  - 26
EP  - 30
VL  - 143
IS  - 1
N2  - During 18 months of the 1991/92 war against Croatia, 4,545 injured were treated at the Department of Surgery of Osijek Clinical Hospital. Some, 2,544 (55.9%) sustained shell fragment injuries and 807 (17.8%) bullet injuries. Shell fragments lead to a higher number of polytraumatized patients than did bullets (6.8% versus 5.3%). The postoperative complication rate for fragment injury (5.8%) was significantly higher than that for bullet injury (4.1%). Mortality rate did not differ significantly (3.9% versus 4.5% respectively).<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0035-8665
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -