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KMID : 0377619720220050533
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Korean Jungang Medical Journal
1972 Volume.22 No. 5 p.533 ~ p.538
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Neurosurgerical Study on Korean Wounded Veterans in the Vietnam Conflict
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ï÷ܹÏí/Chung, B.K.
ì°çÈñ¼/õËÔÔæï/ÚÓÔÔõð/üÜÓøëÃ/ñ¹ÙþÛÆ/ÚÓóãâ³/Lee, Y.J./Cho, D.Y./Park, D.C./Hwang, D.Y./Ju, M.B./Park, C.S.
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Abstract
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The authors have analyzed 900 cases of Korean wounded veterans who have evacuated from Vietnam war field, chiefly on view of neurosurgical aspects, collected for last 5 years and 10 months;
1. There divided into 319 cases of head injuries, 315 cases of peripheral nerve injuries, 138 cases of vertebral and spinal cord injuries, and 128 cases of H. N.P. and others in the total 900 cases of the injured veterans.
2. In 319 cases of head injuries, 165 patients or 51.5% were injured from. fragment of shell, explosives, grenade and booby trap.
3. On the site of head injury, the frontal injury was most frequent in rate of 38.6% and next temporal and parietal in that order. Craniectomy was carried out on 187 cases (58.6%) of head injuries and cranioplasty on 165 cases.
4. 48. 1% of total head injuries were resulted into sequelae such as hemiplegia (14.4%), cranial nerve palsy, speech disturbance and epilepsy in that order.
5. In the larger proportions of the causes of the peripheral nerve injuries, fragment injury occupied 66.7% and bullet 26.0% and total cases divided into 8.8% brachial injury, 19.4% ulnar injury, 14.7% median, 15.9% radial, 19.8% sciatic, 10.0% peroneal and 7.7% tibial nerve injury.
6. On the other hand, 47. 1% of lumbar and 41.3% of thoracic injury were demonstrated and paraplegia in 24.6% of cord injury.
7. In 1.38 cases of vertebral and spinal cord injury 46.7% of cases were resulted from fragment injury, which was similar to cases of the bullet injury in rate of 46% in Korean conflict.
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