European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery

Introduction to the 7th focus-on issue devoted to disaster- and military surgery

S. Lennquist, F. Turegano

The ebb and flow of fluid (as in resuscitation)

K. L. Mattox

Contemporary wars and their contributions to vascular injury management

J. A. Asensio, P. Petrone, A. Pérez-Alonso, J. M. Verde, M. J. Martin, W. Sánchez, S. Smith, C. P. Marini

Surgical management of Syria’s war casualties: experience from a French surgical team deployed in the Zaatari refugee camp (Jordan)

E. Hornez, P. Ramiara, N. Mocellin, X. Bajard, S. Legoudeveze, C. Charpail, D. Ollat

Role 2 military hospitals: results of a new trauma care concept on 170 casualties

A. Ünlü, R. A. Cetinkaya, T. Ege, P. Ozmen, V. Hurmeric, M. T. Ozer, P. Petrone

Penetrating shrapnel injuries of the posterior fossa

M. Seçer, M. Ulutaş, F. Alagöz, K. Çınar, E. Yayla

Retained weapon injuries: experience from a civilian metropolitan trauma service in South Africa

V. Kong, Z. Khan, S. Cacala, G. Oosthuizen, D. Clarke

Indoor fire in a nursing home: evaluation of the medical response to a mass casualty incident based on a standardized protocol

S. W. Koning, P. M. Ellerbroek, L. P. H. Leenen

Wounds of war in the civilian sector: principles of treatment and pitfalls to avoid (Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg (2014) 40:461–468)

E. E. Donnelly

Pulmonary pseudocyst secondary to blunt or penetrating chest trauma: clinical course and diagnostic issues

H. Ulutas, M. R. Celik, M. Ozgel, O. Soysal, A. Kuzucu

One-stage posterior procedure in treating active thoracic spinal tuberculosis: a retrospective study

P. Wu, X. Y. Wang, X. G. Li, X. J. Shen, X. Y. Pang, C. K. Luo, Z. Q. Xu, H. Zeng, P. H. Zhang, W. Peng

A technique for visual confirmation of intrathoracic placement of tube thoracostomy using a fiberoptic laryngoscope in a cadaver

J. M. Aho, R. K. Ruparel, H. J. Schiller

Initial venous lactate levels in patients with isolated penetrating extremity trauma: a retrospective cohort study

I. W. Folkert, C. A. Sims, J. L. Pascual, S. R. Allen, P. K. Kim, C. W. Schwab, D. N. Holena

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