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What are the characteristics and outcomes of humanitarian surgical care for non-war-related conditions compared to war-related injuries among local civilians treated at US military facilities in Afghanistan?
Observational (n=5,786)
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What are the characteristics and outcomes of humanitarian surgical care for non-war-related conditions compared to war-related injuries among local civilians treated at US military facilities in Afghanistan?
US military medical units in Afghanistan provided significant humanitarian surgical care to local civilians, with nearly half of the patients treated for non-war-related conditions, highlighting the broad scope of surgical resources utilized during deployment.
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Documents scope of military humanitarian surgery in conflict; leaves open optimal training and resource policies for future deployments.
This study uses the database Patient Administration Systems and Biostatistics Activity to examine the breadth of war-related and non–war-related surgical procedures provided by deployed military surgeons to locals in Afghanistan from 2002 to 2013.
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Weeks et al. (2017) conducted an observational in Surgical conditions requiring humanitarian care (n=5,786). Non-war-related surgical conditions vs. War-related surgical conditions was evaluated on In-hospital mortality (p=0.006).
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