[Peripheral nerve injuries during the 1991-1993 war period]

Abstract

In the period 1991 - 1993, 931 casualties with 1435 injured peripheral nerves were surgically treated at the Clinic for Neurosurgery of the Military Medical Academy. The statistical analyses of these series was done according to the type of the injured nerves, the age and sex of the wounded. The cause of injuries, associated and combined injuries, distribution of single and multiple lesions of certain nerves, as well as employed surgical procedures were analyzed.