The Soho nail bomb: the UCH experience

Citation
Rlh. Ng et al., The Soho nail bomb: the UCH experience, ANN RC SURG, 83(5), 2001, pp. 297-301
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
ANNALS OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND
ISSN journal
00358843 → ACNP
Volume
83
Issue
5
Year of publication
2001
Pages
297 - 301
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-8843(200109)83:5<297:TSNBTU>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
This paper documents the clinical course of the casualties treated at Unive rsity College Hospital, following the detonation of a terrorist nail bomb i n a public house in Soho, London. The need for adequate primary debridement is paramount, including consideration of definitive primary limb amputatio n.