Management of severe defects of humerus in combat patients injured in Russo-Ukrainian war

The full-scale war of Russia against Ukraine is associated with application of high-energy weapon, causing severe injuries to the military personnel and civilians in Ukraine, ecocide, humanitarian disaster and nuclear escalation [1 –7]. According to our observations and investigations, Russians frequently apply such high-energy weapons as artillery shells, cruise missiles, drones, as well as prohibited by international humanitarian law expansive bullets [2,8-10]. Because of such a weapon, the gunshot injuries frequently affe ct the limbs, causing severe combined trauma of soft tissues and segmental defect to the bones or critically sized bone defects, which is a clinical challenge in most of the cases [11].

Source: Injury - December 22, 2023 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Igor Lurin, Oleksandr Burianov, Yurii Yarmolyuk, Yurii Klapchuk, Serhii Derkach, Maksym Gorobeiko, Andrii Dinets Source Type: research