Landmine associated injuries in children in Turkey
| Autor: | Yesim Edirne, Mehmet Melek, Hüseyin Bülent Üner, Onder Ozkalipci, Humeyra Yildirimcan, Ümit Biçer, Muhammet Can |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics Forensic pathology Adolescent Turkey medicine.medical_treatment Poison control Artificial Limbs Autopsy Bombs Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health Pathology and Forensic Medicine Age Distribution Amputation Traumatic Blast Injuries Injury prevention Humans Medicine Sex Distribution Child Forensic Pathology Retrospective Studies Rehabilitation Eye Artificial business.industry Retrospective cohort study General Medicine Foreign Bodies Eye Injuries Penetrating Surgery Female business Law Eye Evisceration |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine. 16:464-468 |
| ISSN: | 1752-928X |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jflm.2009.07.017 |
| Popis: | This study aims to examine trends of injuries due to landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) and to determine problems during and after the treatment of children and adolescent victims in Turkey. Data from the records of 23 children injured from landmines and UXO were analyzed from April 2001 to October 2008. Cases consist of 21 (91.3%) males and two (8.7%) females with a mean age of 12.8 years. Cause of injury was landmine explosion in 20 (87.0%) and UXO in three (13.0%) cases. Injuries in upper and lower extremities were determined in eight (34.8%) children. Hand amputation was the result in 10 (43.5%) children where in two cases a leg, in one case an eye, in one case a hand and arm, in two cases a hand and leg, in one case an eye and a leg and in three cases a hand and eye were lost. One case of death was recorded from UXO with an autopsy performed. Contaminated areas in our region should be cleared according to international contracts to prevent injuries in children, centers providing rehabilitation services should be established and policies regarding social support for child victims should be ascertained. (c) 2009 Published by Elsevier Ltd and Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine. |
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