Injury patterns of soldiers in the second Lebanon war

Abstract

Epidemiologic study, level III.

Eye injury in the Israeli Defense Force: “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure”

“…The ocular injury rate peaked at 11% during Operation ''Cast Lead'' in 2008 (unpublished data). The higher incidence of ocular injury during the latter two conflicts is probably reflective of the improvement in truncal protective armour as well as in vehicle armour which led to a relative increase in the proportion of ocular injury [11]. The scope of this report is unique as it characterizes military related ocular injuries sustained during combat or training over a period of 15 years during which the IDF engaged in both high intensity conflicts and ongoing security missions.…”

“…During the six-day war in 1967 the ocular injury rate was 5.6% [9]. In Yom Kippur war, 1973, ocular injuries were recorded in 6.7% of all casualties [10] and the same rate 6.8% was noted [11] in the first Lebanon war. In the second Lebanon war in 2006, Israel's last major high intensity conflict, ocular injury rate was 8% [2].…”

Hydrodynamic rupture of liver in combat patient: a case of successful application of “damage control” tactic in area of the hybrid war in East Ukraine

“…To our best knowledge, this is the first report to describe a case of medical care service in the hybrid war in East Ukraine. The hydrodynamic rupture of the liver is an uncommon lesion to be diagnosed in relation to thoraco-abdominal injuries in combat patients as showed in large cohort studies [3, 7, 13]. These injuries were caused within the battlefield area of ATO by multiple-rocket launcher system “Grad”, resulting in mine-explosive trauma due to simultaneous effect of the several damaging factors such as an air blast wave, a gas-flame composition, as well as primary shrapnel, which is created from the covering of the explosive ammunition of MLRS “Grad”.…”

Burns in Israel, comparative study: Demographic, etiologic and clinical trends 1997–2003 vs. 2004–2010

“…Occupational activities place people at a higher risk of a work related injury and as a majority of these high risk occupations are held by men, there remains a higher incidence of burns in the male adult population [12]. In particular in Israel where national service is compulsory, there has been a rise in flame burns and explosions in years where military operations were prominent such as the Second Lebanon War in 2006 [16]; however these were not statistically significant.…”