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Review

Explosive Weapons Trauma Care Collective (EXTRACCT) blast injury clinical practice guideline: genito-urinary trauma

Hardcastle TC, Zietsman CA, Mwandri M, Macleod JBA, Ouatarra A
2025-05-30 • World Journal of Surgery
2025-05-30 • World Journal of Surgery

INTRODUCTION

This clinical practice guideline from the Explosive Weapons Trauma Care Collective (EXTRACCT) group provides a review of current best practice for ...

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Research

Dorsal metatarsal artery perforator flaps (DMTAPF) applied for paediatric foot reconstruction: A review of the aetiology of primary injury, surgical technique applied, and long-term outcome for the child

Godwin Y, Wadi M, Harb L, Skov LR
2024-12-01 • Facial Plastic Surgery & Aesthetic Medicine
2024-12-01 • Facial Plastic Surgery & Aesthetic Medicine

AIM

Dorsal met...

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Abstract

Outcomes of post-traumatic osteomyelitis in a conflict setting: a retrospective cohort study in Gaza

Aqel R, Alnajjar M, Moussally K, Mattar M, Nyaruhirira I,  et al.
2024-12-01 • Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance • 33rd International Congress of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (ICC)
2024-12-01 • Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance • 33rd International Congress of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (ICC)

AIM

Assess the microbiology and treatment outcomes of post-traumatic osteomyelitis (PTO) patients in Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) supported reconstructive sur...

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Poster

High-performance antimicrobial surgical supplies for preventing antimicrobial-resistant surgical site infections

Gupta Y, Gupta Y, Ranjan A, Mukhopadhyay S
2024-11-08 • MSF Scientific Days Asia 2024
2024-11-08 • MSF Scientific Days Asia 2024
Journal Article
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Research

Posttraumatic pseudomonas aeruginosa osteomyelitis in Mosul and Gaza: A retrospective cohort study, 2018-2022

Taher AQM, Aqel R, Alnajjar M, Walker C, Repetto E,  et al.
2024-09-27 • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
2024-09-27 • Open Forum Infectious Diseases

BACKGROUND

The history of conflicts in the Middle East has resulted in a high burden...

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Research

Prospective outcomes of noma facial reconstructive surgery in Sokoto, Nigeria

Amirtharajah M, Olaleye M, Oluyide B, Lenglet A, Ariti C,  et al.
2024-07-26 • Facial Plastic Surgery & Aesthetic Medicine
2024-07-26 • Facial Plastic Surgery & Aesthetic Medicine

BACKGROUND

Noma is a gangrenous infection of the face that results in severe facial deformity, occurring primarily in malnourished and impoverished populations.

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Research

Extensively antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections in trauma cases managed at the Médecins Sans Frontières tertiary orthopaedic center in Mosul, Iraq: A case series

Abdulrahman Ahmed H, Hasheem Mahmood H, Hosam Aldin Sami H, Natiq Taher A, Garcia-Vello P,  et al.
2024-07-08 • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
2024-07-08 • Open Forum Infectious Diseases

The Médecins Sans Frontières Tertiary Orthopaedic Care center in Mosul, Iraq, provides reconstructive surgery, microbiological analysis, integrated infection prevention and control, a...

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Poster

Local cumulative antimicrobial susceptibility report: results from MSF pediatrics and surgical programs

Langendorf C, Michel J, Barks P, Mollo B, Kanapathipillai R
2024-05-23 • Epicentre Scientific Day 2024
2024-05-23 • Epicentre Scientific Day 2024
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Abstract

Once-weekly repurposed fosravuconazole versus daily itraconazole, with surgery, in patients with eumycetoma in Sudan: a randomised, double-blind, phase 2, proof-of-concept superiority trial

Fahal AH, Ahmed ES, Bakhiet SM, Bakheet OE, Fahal LA,  et al.
2024-05-16 • MSF Scientific Day International 2024
2024-05-16 • MSF Scientific Day International 2024
INTRODUCTION
Treatment options for the highly neglected fungal tropical disease eumycetoma are limited and poorly adapted to patients’ contexts, with surgery often required. The firs...
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Video

Once-weekly repurposed fosravuconazole versus daily itraconazole, with surgery, in patients with eumycetoma in Sudan: a randomised, double-blind, phase 2, proof-of-concept superiority trial

Fahal AH
2024-05-16 • MSF Scientific Day International 2024
2024-05-16 • MSF Scientific Day International 2024
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Poster

Burden of blast injury among children attributed to unexploded ordnances (UXO) in North Western Tigray Ethiopia, 2023

Teklehaimanot BF, Filina Y, Keating P, Morales AM, Sahelie B,  et al.
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
Conference Material
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Video

PaED Talk – Voices from MSF Projects: Reconstructive surgery programme in Amman, Jordan

Hijazeen RGJ
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
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Poster

A case report of a child with acute abdomen who benefited from point-of-care ultrasound to confirm urgent surgical diagnosis in Homa Bay Hospital, Kenya

Phillip E, Adede J, Onduto S, Ochola C, Simba R,  et al.
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
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Research

The integration of ortho-plastic limb salvage teams in the humanitarian response to violence-related open tibial fractures: evaluating outcomes in the Gaza Strip

Farhat T, Moussally K, Nahouli H, Hamad SA, Qaraya KA,  et al.
2024-04-24 • Conflict and Health
2024-04-24 • Conflict and Health
BACKGROUND
Limb salvage by ortho-plastic teams is the standard protocol for treating open tibial fractures in high-income countries, but there’s limited research on this in conflict ...
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Research

Antibiotic susceptibility patterns at the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) acute trauma hospital in Aden, Yemen: a retrospective study from January 2018 to June 2021

Almehdar H, Yousef N, van den Boogaard W, Haider A, Kanapathipillai R,  et al.
2024-03-05 • JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance
2024-03-05 • JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance
BACKGROUND
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an urgent global health concern, especially in countries facing instability or conflicts, with compromised healthcare systems. Médecins S...
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Editorial

The loneliness of the local orthopaedic surgeon in disaster zones

Hernigou P, Homma Y, Herard P, Scarlat MM
2024-01-11 • International Orthopaedics
2024-01-11 • International Orthopaedics
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Case Report/Series

A personalized approach to modify axillary crutches using 3D printing technology

Ismaiel S, Massadeh HA, Fakhri RM
2023-09-24 • Trauma Case Reports
2023-09-24 • Trauma Case Reports
3D printers can produce specific medical objects that are tailored to the individual patient's needs, and if they are combined with a personalized orthopedic rehabilitation, it can resul...
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Research

Assessing independence in mobility activities in trauma care: Validity and reliability of the Activity Independence Measure-Trauma (AIM-T) in humanitarian settings

Gohy B, Opava CH, von Schreeb J, Van den Bergh R, Brus A,  et al.
2023-09-11 • PLOS Global Public Health
2023-09-11 • PLOS Global Public Health
The importance of measuring outcomes after injury beyond mortality and morbidity is increasingly recognized, though underreported in humanitarian settings. To address shortcomings of exi...
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Research

Les traumatismes abdominaux en Haïti

Baptiste SL, van den Boogaard W, Letoquart JP, NDong JG, Jonacé G,  et al.
2023-08-01 • Public Health Action
2023-08-01 • Public Health Action
CONTEXTE
Les traumatismes abdominaux (TA) semblent fréquents en Haïti confronté à des violences socio-politiques récurrents.

OBJECTIF
Etudier les patients admis pour TA ...
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Research

Facteurs associés à une issue défavorable chez les brûlés hospitalisés

Niyonzima F, Kamosi HM, Soro J, Ntihabose O, Hehadji D,  et al.
2023-08-01 • Public Health Action
2023-08-01 • Public Health Action
CONTEXTE
En 2015, Médecins Sans Frontières a ouvert un Centre de Traumatologie Arche Kigobe à Bujumbura, Burundi, pour prise en charge des victimes des violences, et a élargi en 201...