Tahir Ali.
Surgery for the Assault Patients.
J Surg Pak Jan ;8(1):2-5.

One hundred ninety nine patients were included in this study of one year duration. There were 177 males and 22 females. The mean length of hospital stay of the 16 most seriously injured patients (ISS scores of more than 15) was 7 days. The head was the principal area to be injured. The head region sustained 132 injuries (41% of all injuries) and four cranial operations (3% of injuries to the head) were performed. The maxillofacial region required most surgical operations. Twenty three facial operations (39% of all operations) were performed. The ratio between operations and injuries was highest for the lower limb and the lowest for the cranium. There were 14 injuries to the lower extremity and 10 lower limb operations (72% of injuries to lower limb) were performed. Fifty three patients (26.6% of total) required operations. There was one death of a woman of 88 years of age with an ISS score of 9 and her death was largely due to post operative complications.

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