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General

Perrin P. War and public health: handbook on war and public health. International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva, 1998

Reyes H. Medical neutrality: Confidentiality subject to national law. Should doctors always comply? Medisch Contact, 8 November 1996, N45


Medicine & community health; health in places of detention

Coninx R, Mathieu C, Debacker M, Mirzoev F, Ismaelov A, De Haller R, Meddings DR. First-line tuberculosis therapy and drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in prisons. The Lancet 1999; Vol 353; 969-973.

Coninx R, Pfyffer GE, Matheu C, Savina D, Debacker M, Jafarov F, Jabrailov I, Ismailov A, Mirzoev F, De Haller R, Portaells F. Drug resistant tuberculosis in prisons in Azerbaijan: case study. British Medical Journal, 1998, Vol 316; 1432-1425.

Maher D, Gremska M, Coninx R, Reyes H. Guidelines for the control of tuberculosis in prisons. WHO/TB/98.250, Geneva, World Health Organization, 1998.

Coninx R, Dupuy C, Hermann C,Cruz Pires Ribeiro G, Margot M, Lucic K, Vaccination of the civilian population in a country of war: It can be done; it can also be evaluated. The ICRC experience in Mozambique.Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, 1998, 44: 186-188

Garenne ML, Coninx R, Dupuy C, Effects of the civil war in central Mozambique and evaluation of the intervention of the International Committee of the Red Cross. Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, 1997, 43: 318-323

Bise G, Coninx R. Epidemic typhus in a prison in Burundi. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1997, 91: 133-134


Surgery for war wounded

NOTE : Edition in *E* English / *F* French / *G* German / *S* Spanish / *P* Portuguese /*A* Arabic /*R* Russian / *SC* Serbo-Croate / *B* Bosnian / *SB* Serbo-Bosnian

Ahmed AM, Sabrye MA, Baldan M. Autotransfusion in case of Penetrating Chest War Wounds with Haemothorax: The Keysaney Hospital's Experience. East and Central Africal Journal of Surgery 2003; 8(1): 51-54 / *E*

Baldan M Giannou CP. Basic Surgical Management of War Wounds: The ICRC Experience. East and Central African Journal of Surgery 2003; 8 (1): 35-38 / *E*

Baldan M, Giannou CP, Rizzardi G, Irmay F, Sasin V. Autotransfusion from haemothorax after penetrating chest trauma: a simple, life-saving procedure. Tropical Doctor 2006; 36:21-22 / *E*

Baldan M, Giannou CP, Sasin V, Morino G. Metallic Foreign Bodies After War Injuries: Should We Remove Them? The ICRC Experience. East and Central African Journal of Surgery 2004; 9(1): 31-34 / *E*

Baldan M, Giannou CP. War Wounds with Fractures: The ICRC Experience. East and Central African Journal of Surgery 2004; 9(2): 37-39 / *E*

Bertschinger C. War Surgery Nursing and the International Committee of the Red Cross. Surgical Nurse/The Medicine Group Journals. 1995;Febr.Vol.8(1): 16-18 / *E*

Bion J. An anaesthetist in a camp for Cambodian refugees. Anaesthesia, 1983, 38:798-801 /*E*

Bowyer G.W. Afghan War Wounded : Application of the Red Cross Wound Classification. The Journal of Trauma. 1995;Vol.38(1):64-67 / *E*

Bowyer G.W. Management of small fragment wounds in modern warfare: a return to Hunterian principles. Ann R Coll Surg Engl, 1997;79:175-182 / *E*

Bowyer G.W. War Surgery and the International Committee of the Red Cross - a historical perspective. International Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma, 1996;6:62-65 / *E*

Bowyer G.W., Stewart M.P.M., Ryan J.M. Gulf war wounds: application of the Red Cross wound classification. Injury. 1993;24(9):597-600 / *E*

Coupland R. Clinical and legal significance of fragmentation of bullets in relation to size of wounds: retrospective analysis. BMJ 1999; 319: 404-406 / *E*

Coupland RM. The effects of weapons and the Solferino cycle: Where disciplines meet to prevent or limit the damage caused by weapons. BMJ 1999; 319 (7214): 864-865 /*E*

Coupland R., Russbach R. Victims of Antipersonnel Mines : What is being done Medicine & Global Survival. 1994;Vol.1(1):18-22 / *E*

Coupland R.M. Abdominal wounds in war. British Journal of Surgery, 1996;83:1505-1511/*E*

Coupland RM. Abhorrent weapons and "superfluous injury or unnecessary suffering": from field surgery to law. BMJ 1997; 315(7120):1450-1452 /*E*

Coupland R.M. Epidemiological approach to surgical management of the casualties of war. BMJ 1994;308:1693-1697 / *E*

Coupland R.M. Management of war wounds: the forgotten speciality. Surgery. 1994;12: Leading article / *E*.

Coupland R.M. Missile and explosive wounds. Surgery 2000;18:1:6-10/*E*

Coupland R.M. Missile and Explosive wounds. Surgery, 1997:140-144 / *E*

Coupland RM. "Non-lethal" weapons: precipitating a new arms race: Medicine must gurd against its knowledge being used for weapon development. BMJ 1997; 315 (7100): 72 /*E*

Coupland RM. The effects of weapons on health. Lancet 1996; 347(8999): 450-451 /*E*

Coupland R.M. War Wounds of bones and external fixation. Injury. 1994;25:211-217 / *E*

Coupland R.M. Weapons intended to blind. Editorial The Lancet, 1994 Dec.17, Vol.344:1649-1650 / *E*

Coupland R.M. Wounds, weapons and the doctor. Schweiz.Z.Milit.Med, 1995; 72(2): 33-35/*E*

Coupland R.M., Hoikka V., Sjoeklint O.G., Cuenod Ph., Cauderay G.C., Doswald-Beck L. Assessment of bullet disruption in armed conflicts. The Lancet. Jan.4 1992;339:35-37 /*E*

Coupland R.M. The effects of weapons: surgical challenge and medical dilemma. Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh 1996;41:65-71 / *E*

Coupland RM, Korver A. Injuries from antipersonnel mines : the experience of the International Committee of the Red Cross. British Medical Journal. 1991;303: 1509-1512/*E*

Coupland RM, Parker PJ, Gray RC. Triage of war wounded: the experience of the International Committee of the Red Cross. Injury. 1992;23(8):507-510 / *E*

Coupland RM, Pesonen P. Craniocerebral war wounds: non specialist management. Injury 1992;23(1),21-24 / *E*

Coupland RM. A management algorithm for chronically exposed war wounds of bone. Injury, 1990, 21:101-103 / *E*

Coupland RM. Amputation for antipersonnel mine injuries of the leg: preservation of the tibial stump using a medial gastrocnemius myoplasty. Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. 1989;71:405-8 / *E*

Coupland RM. Amputation for war wounds.Geneva, International Committee of the Red Cross. 1992 / *E* / *F* / *S* / *R* / *B* / *SB*

Coupland RM. Hand grenade injuries among civilians. JAMA 1993; 270: 24-626 / *E*

Coupland RM. Technical aspects of war wound excision. British Journal of Surgery. 1989;76:663-7 / *E*

Coupland RM. The Red Cross Classification of War Wounds: The E.X.C.F.V.M. Scoring System. World Journal of Surgery. 1992;16:910-917 / *E*

Coupland RM. The Red Cross wound classification. Geneva: The International Committee of the Red Cross 1991 / *E* / *F* / *S* / *R*

Coupland RM. The role of reconstructive surgery in the management of war wounds. Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. 1991;73:21-5/*E*

Coupland RM. War wounds : classification and management. In: Johnston CD, Taylor I. Recent advances in Surgery; 17. London,Churchill Livingstone 1994:121-134 / *E*

Coupland RM. War wounds of limbs: surgical management. Butterworth Heinemann Oxford. 1993 / *E*

Coupland RM., Howell P. An experience of war surgery and wounds presenting after 3 days on the border of Afghanistan. Injury, 1988, 19:259-262/ *E*

Coupland RM, Meddings DR, David R. Mortality associated with use of weapons in armed conflicts, wartime atrocities, and civilian mass shootings: literature review. BMJ 1999; 319 (7207): 407-410 /*E*

Coupland RM, Samnegaard HO. Effect of type and transfer of conventional weapons on civilian injuries: retrospective analysis of prospective data from Red Cross hospitals. BMJ 1999; 319(7207): 410-412 /*E*

Craig G. Treating the Afghan war wounded. Journal of Royal Society of Medicine. 1993;Vol.86:404-405 / *E*

Dufour D, Kromann Jensen S, Owen-Smith M, Salmela J, Stening GF, Zetterstrom B. Surgery for victims of war. Geneva: The International Committee of the Red Cross 1998 /*E* / *R* / *SC* / *F*

Elmi AM, Hassan MY, Baldan M. Abdominal War Wounds with Large Bowel Involvement: The Medina Hospital Experience. East and Central African Journal of Surgery 2003; 8(1): 55-58 / *E*

Eshaya-Chauvin B., Coupland RM. Transfusion requirements for the management of war injured : the experience of the International Committee of the Red Cross. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 1992;68:221-223 / *E*

Eshaya-Chauvin B., Nyffenegger E. Anesthésie pour blessés de guerre - Etude rétrospective. Revue Médicale de la Suisse Romande, Tiré à part Tome 110 N 5, Mai 1990:429-432 / *F*

Fosse E, Husum H, Giannou C. The Siege of Tripoli 1983: War Surgery in Lebanon. J of Trauma-Ijnury Infection & Critical care 1988; 28(5): 660-663 /*E*

Frei E. Schuss-und Splitterverletzungen. Wundballistisches Einmaleins. Médecine Militaire.1986, N1:5-14 / *G*

Frei E. Wundinfekte im Krieg. Médecine Militaire 1987 N 4:121-123 / *G*

Gertsch Ph, Savolainen H, Christensen P. Traumatismes thoraciques en temps de guerre. Evaluation et planification hospitalière. Médecine Militaire 1986, N 4:95-97 / *F*

Gertsch Ph. Assessment of hospital workload in war surgery. Br. J. Surg 1987, vol 74, Sept 831-833 / *E*

Gertsch Ph. Lesions vasculaires des blessés de guerre afghans traités à l'hôpital du CICR à Peshawar. Médecine Militaire 1986 N 2:46-47 / *F*

Giannou C. Antipersonnel landmines: facts, fictions, and priorities. BMJ. 315(7120): 1453-1454 /*E*

Giannou CP. Penetrating missile injuries during asymmetric warfare in the 2003 Gulf conflict (Br J Surg 2004; 92: 637-642). Br J Surg 2004; 92(8): 1047-1048 /*E*

Giannou CP, Bernes E. First Aid in armed conflicts and other situations of violence. The International Committee of the Red Cross 2006 /*E*

Gosselin R.A., Siegberg C.J.Y., Coupland R., Agerskov K. Outcome of Arterial Repairs in 23 consecutive patients at the ICRC-Peshawar Hospital for war wounded. The Journal of Trauma. 1993;Vol.34(3): 373-376 / *E*

Graber P, Rochat Ch-H. Les lambeaux musculo-cutanés et musculaires en chirurgie de guerre. Médecine Militaire 1986 N1:16-19 / *F*

Graber P., Rochat Ch.-H., Russbach R. Le traitement des fractures ouvertes dans un hôpital de guerre. Médecine & Hygiène, 1986;44:1593-1595 / *F*

Gray R.C. War Wounds : Basic Surgical Management. Geneva, International Committee of the Red Cross. 1994 / *E* / *F* / *S* / *A* / *R* / *B* / *SB*

Gray RC. Surgery of war and disaster. Tropical Doctor 1991;21 supplement 1:56-60 / *E*

Gray RC. War Surgery and Triage. Postgraduate Doctor Middle East. 1993;16:150-157 / *E*

Gray RC., Winiger E. War surgery: an introduction. Geneva: ICRC Audio-visual division 1988/*E*

Hassan MY, Elmi AM, Baldan M. Experience Of Thoracic Surgery Performed Under Difficult Conditions In Somalia. East and Central African Journal of Surgery 2004; 9(1): 94-96 / *E*

Hassan MY, Mohamed LS, Baldan M. Management of Empyema Thoracis. East and Central African Journal of Surgery 2005; 10(1): 56-58 *E*

Hayward-Karlsson J, Jeffery S, Kerr A, Schmidt H. Hospitals for War-Wounded. A practical guide for setting up and running a surgical hospital in an area of armed conflict. ICRC 1998

Irmay F, Merzouga B, Vettorel D. The Krukenberg procedure: a surgical option for the treatment of double hand amputees in Sierra Leone. Lancet 2000; 356: 1072-1075 /*E*

Jeffrey S.J. Antipersonnel mines: who are the victims ? J Accid Emerg Med; 1996;13:343-346 / *E*

Kaguku N, Reinekainnen V, Luhiriri L, Du Mortier S, Baldan M. The Use of External Fixator in the Management of Gunshot Related Open Limb Fractures. East and Central African Journal of Surgery 2004 9(1): 41-43 / *E*

Keller A. The management of gunshot fractures of the humerus. Injury 1995;Vol.26:93-96/*E*

Kjaergaard J. Les blessés de guerre de l'hôpital de campagne du CICR à Beyrouth en 1976. Schweiz. Z.Milit. Med. 1978, Vol 55 N 1:1-23/*F*

Korver A.J.H. Amputees in a hospital of the International Commitee of the Red Cross. Injury. 1993;24(9):607-609 / *E*

Korver A.J.H. Injuries of the lower limbs caused by antipersonnel mines : the experience of the International Committe of the Red Cross. Injury, 1996;Vol 27 N°7:477-479 / *E*

Korver A.J.H. Outcome of war-injured patients treated at first aid posts of the International Committee of the Red Cross. Injury. 1994;25(1):25-30 / *E*

Korver A.J.H. Relation between Fever and Outcome in Injured Victims of an Internal Armed Conflict : The experience in a war surgery hospital of the International Committee of the Red Cross. Military Medicine, 1996; 161;11;658-660 / *E*

Lütold K. Kriegsfahrungen eines Schweizer Chirurgen. 1) Die Union 1993;5 2) Sweizerische Zeitschrift für Militär-und Katastrophemedizin. 1994;71(1):19-20/*G*

Molde A. Operieren unter Beschuss. Neue Zürcher Zeitung -Folio. 1995 Febr.:3639 / *G*

Molde A. Samnegård H. Amputationen unter Kriegsbedingungen - Erfahrungen des Internationalen Komitees des Roten Kreuses (IKRK). Med. Orth. Tech 1997;117:205-208/*G*

Molde A. Victims of war : Surgical principles must not be forgotten (again)! Acta Orthop Scan (Suppl 281) 1998;69 / *E*

Morris DS, Sugrue WJ. Abdominal injuries from the war wounded of Afghanistan: a report from the International Committee of the Red Cross Hospital in Kaboul. British Journal of Surgery, Nov.1991, Vol.78 1301-1304/*E*

Morris DS. Surgeons and the International Committee of the Red Cross. Australian and New Zeland Journal of Surgery. 1992;62:170-172 /*E*

Morris DS., Sugrue WJ, McKenzie E. On the border of Afghanistan with the International Committee of the Red Cross. New-Zealand Medical Journal. 1985, 98:750-752 /*E*

Mulli J.C. Activités chirurgicales en zones de guerre : l'expérience du Comité International de la Croix-Rouge.Bulletin Medicus Mundi. 1995 Mars; N° 57:42-54 / *F* / *E*

Navein J, Coupland R, Dunn R. The Tourniquet Controversy. J Trauma 2003; 54:S219-S220 /*E*

Oberli H, Frick Th. Die offene Femurfraktur im Krieg -173 Fixateur-externe-Applikationen am Femur (Afghanistankrieg). Helv. Chir. Acta 1991;58:687-692 / *G*

Oberli H. War Surgery and External Fixation. AO/ASIF Dialogue. Vol. IV. Issue I., June 1991 / *E*

Pesonen P. Pulse oximetry during Ketamine anaesthesia in war conditions. Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia. 1991;38:5:592-594 / *E*

Rautio J, Paavolainen P. Afghan war wounded : Experience with 200 cases. The Journal of Trauma, 1988, vol 28 N4:523-525 / *E*

Rautio J., Paavolainen P. Delayed treatment of complicated fractures in war wounded. Injury 1987;18:238-240 / *E*

Rochat Ch.-H. Le triage chirurgical en conditions de guerre (Kaboul 1989). 1) Médecine & Hygiène 1991;49:2633-2638 / *F* 2) Médecine Militaire 1992;N2 Vol.69;35-38 / *F*

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Rowley D.I. The Management of War Wounds involving Bone. The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1996;Vol. 78-B:5 / *E*

Rowley D.I. War wounds with fractures : A guide to surgical management . International Committee of the Red Cross. 1996 / *E*

Russbach R. Casualties of Conflicts and Mine Warfare. "A Framework for Survival" - In : Cahill K.M., New-York Basic Books 1993 / *E*

Russbach R. Les unités chirurgicales du Comité international de la Croix-Rouge : Le personnel, le matériel, les coûts. Médecine & Hygiène, 1991;49: 2629-2632 / *F*

Russbach R. Réflexions sur le traitement chirurgical des victimes de conflits armés. Bulletin SIMC N 34, Février 1988 / *F*

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Sewell A. The wounds of war. Nursing Standard. 1991;5:19-20 / *E*

Simper L.B. Below knee amputation in war surgery. A review of 111 amputations with delayed primary closure. J. Trauma 1993;34:96-98 / *E*

Strada G. Coupland RM. Gray RC. Surgery for victims of war: the experience of the International Committee of the Red Cross. The Journal of Emergency Surgery 1991;14, (2):126-130 / *E*

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Vassallo D.J., Maj. The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and Lessons from its Experience of War Surgery. J.R. Army Med. Corps 1994;140:146-154 / *E*

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Other Authors

Bion J.F. Infusion analgesia for acute war injuries : A comparison of pentazocine and ketamine. Anaesthesia 1984;vol. 39:560-564.

Doomres B., Dürner P., Klöss Th. The wooden external fixator. Injury: the British Journal of Accident Surgery 1992; vol.23/N1:67-68.

Leppäniemi A.K. Where there is no anaesthetist .... British Journal Surgery Febr.1991; vol.78:245-246

Rautio J., Paavolainen P. Delayed treatment of complicated fractures in war wounded. Injury 1987;18: 238-240.

Stewart M.P.M., Kinninmonth A. Shotgun wounds of the limbs. Injury. 1993;24(10):667-670


Physical rehabilitation

Steen Jenssen S, Heim S. Evaluation of polypropylene prostheses designed by the International Committee of the Red Cross for trans-tibial amputees. Prosthetics and Orthotics International, 2000, 24: 47-54

Verhoeff TT, Poetsma PA, Gasser L, Tung H. Evaluation of use and durability of polypropylene trans-tibial prosthesis, The Journal of the International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics, 1999, Vol. 23, No. 3, 249-255.

Oberg T, Eklund A (editors). OrthoLetter, A Newsletter on Orthopaedic Technology in Developing Countries, Department of Biomechanics and Orthopaedic Technolgy, University College of Health Sciences, Jönköping, Sweden 1994; Issue 1


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