Ansar Latif, Muhammad Qasim Butt, Aurangzeb, Fakhar Ilyas, Umar Fayyaz Ghani, Ashfaq Ahmad.
Surgery in the field hospital.
J Surg Pak Jan ;11(1):37-8.

A descriptive study was conducted at Field hospital Lipa to assess the spectrum and pattern of surgical cases. The study included all the cases from March 2003 to March 2005. The purpose of study was to highlight the overlooked areas of training of a general surgeon in order to impart effective surgical care in remote areas where specialists of allied fields are not yet available. 10937 patients were referred to surgical out-patients department of whom 824 patients were admitted and 326 patients underwent surgery in main operation theatre. 1211 cases received treatment in minor operation theatre as out patients. Forty-nine cases were transferred to tertiary care hospital at Muzaffarabad. Many difficulties related to logistics and trained staff encountered. The study calls for the necessity of training of general surgeons in gynaecology / obstetrics, anaesthesia, radiology in addition to the specified training before being posted to field hospitals.

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