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In 2001, the French Army was deployed to Afghanistan as part of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization-led international security assistance task force. We aim to provide the experience of the French neurosurgical team deployed in a Kabul International Airport (KaIA) role 3 hospital for the management of war-related penetrating spinal cord injuries (W-PSCIs) in this asymmetrical conflict.
From March 2010 to June 2013, 11 patients were admitted to KaIA Military Hospital for W-PSCI. The mean age was 27 years old; six patients were French soldiers and five were Afghanistan civilians. On admission, all patients underwent a full-body CT scan. Four patients were injured at the level of the cervical spine, three at the thoracic spine and four at the lumbar spine. Six patients …
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Contributors RF, FLM, NB, J-MD, BE, RD, AD and MF designed the article. AD and MF performed the methodology and the literature review. RD and MF gathered the patients’ data. RF, FLM, NB, J-MD, BE, RD, AD and MF participated in the drafting of the manuscript. RF performed the critical revision of the manuscript. FLM, BE, AD and MF performed the final revision of the manuscript.
Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.
Competing interests None declared.
Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.