Crush syndrome : Experience from the Lebanon war, 1982

ABSTRACT

Crush syndrome experience from the Lebanon war, 1982 Eight patients with crush syndrome were threated in the department during the Lebanon war 1982. They arrived after having been trapper under fallen masonry for 4 to 28h. They all had injuries of the lower limbs, with newrological deficiency and myoglpbinuria. The local and general aspects of the syndrome are presented and discussed and a successful treatment protocol, outlined (AU)