[Surgical ward in Bjelovar during the World War II]

(Kirurska sluzba u Bjelovaru tijekom II. svjetskog rata.)

Full Abstract

During the World War II, surgeons, secondary physicians and other medical personnel of the Surgical-Gynecologic Department of the Bjelovar General Hospital provided continuous surgical care to civilians and soldiers in the city of Bjelovar and its surroundings in the Northwest Croatia, respecting all medical, deontological and war stipulations. In the period 1941-1945, 850 shotgun and explosion war wounds were treated in the Bjelovar Hospital. Fifty-three major surgical procedures were performed in general and lumbar anesthesia, and a large number in local anesthesia. As a consequence of shotgun and explosion wounds 116 people died in the Hospital.

Author information

Author/s: Habek, Dubravko (D);

Affiliation: Klinika za ginekologiju i porodnistvo Medicinskog fakulteta i Opce bolnice Sveti Duh u Zagrebu.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: English Abstract; Historical Article; Journal Article

Journal: Lijec?nic?ki vjesnik (Lijec Vjesn), published in Croatia. (Language: hrv)

Reference: -2009 Mar-Apr; vol 131 (issue 3-4) : pp 93-9

Dates: Created 2009/06/11; Completed 2009/08/04; Revised 2009/11/09;

PMID: 19514256, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/9/2009, IMS Date: )

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