Table 4 Mechanism and anatomical site of injury
From: Global surgery for paediatric casualties in armed conflict
Paediatrics | Adults | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hospital (N) | KAB (2185) | KAO (97) | LOK (1110) | KAN (186) | PES (674) | QUE (1043) | PES2 (453) | GOM (95) | Total (5843) | Total (32,245) |
Mechanism of injury, N (%) | ||||||||||
Fragment | 1246 (57.0%) | 64 (67%) | 154 (13.9%) | 29 (15.6%) | 260 (38.6%) | 298 (28.6%) | 47 (10.4%) | 14 (14.7%) | 2112 (36.1%) | 7171 (22.2%) |
Burns | 96 (4.4%) | 0 (0.0%) | 16 (1.4%) | 1 (0.5%) | 11 (1.6%) | 41 (3.9%) | 23 (5.1%) | 7 (7.4%) | 195 (3.3%) | 258 (0.8%) |
Gunshot wounds | 359 (16.4%) | 5 (5.0%) | 653 (58.8%) | 48 (25.8%) | 99 (14.7%) | 224 (21.5%) | 90 (19.9%) | 59 (62.1%) | 1537 (26.3%) | 16,822 (52.2%) |
Mines | 388 (17.8%) | 26 (27.0%) | 28 (2.5%) | 94 (50.5%) | 258 (38.3%) | 367 (35.2%) | 36 (7.9%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1197 (20.5%) | 4730 (14.7%) |
Other | 33 (1.5%) | 1 (1.0%) | 217 (19.5%) | 3 (1.6%) | 31 (4.6%) | 95 (9.1%) | 257 (56.7%) | 15 (15.8%) | 652 (11.2%) | 2,496 (7.7%) |
Anatomical site of injury, N (%) | ||||||||||
Head and neck | 605 (27.7%) | 26 (27%) | 140 (12.6%) | 40 (21.5%) | 233 (34.6%) | 272 (26.1%) | 167 (36.9%) | 8 (8.4%) | 1491 (25.5%) | 5199 (16.1%) |
Thorax | 244 (11.2%) | 13 (13%) | 88 (7.9%) | 15 (8.1%) | 81 (12.0%) | 124 (11.9%) | 68 (15.0%) | 12 (12.6%) | 645 (11.0%) | 3606 (11.2%) |
Abdomen | 332 (15.2%) | 19 (20%) | 75 (6.8%) | 32 (17.2%) | 108 (16.0%) | 158 (15.1%) | 77 (17.0%) | 14 (14.7%) | 815 (13.9%) | 2837 (8.8%) |
Pelvis/buttocks | 125 (5.7%) | 3 (3%) | 85 (7.7%) | 11 (5.9%) | 44 (6.5%) | 56 (5.4%) | 29 (6.4%) | 4 (4.2%) | 357 (6.1%) | 2202 (6.8%) |
Back and soft tissue of torso | 72 (3.3%) | 7 (7%) | 39 (3.5%) | 4 (2.2%) | 30 (4.5%) | 40 (3.8%) | 27 (6.0%) | 4 (4.2%) | 223 (3.8%) | 1315 (4.1%) |
Upper limb | 724 (33.1%) | 31 (32%) | 355 (32.0%) | 63 (33.9%) | 256 (38.0%) | 387 (37.1%) | 177 (39.1%) | 12 (12.6%) | 2005 (34.3%) | 10,732 (33.3%) |
Lower limb | 962 (44.0%) | 41 (42%) | 489 (44.1%) | 88 (47.3%) | 301 (44.7%) | 499 (47.8%) | 244 (53.9%) | 36 (37.9%) | 2660 (45.5%) | 16,284 (50.5%) |