Table 4 Type of anaesthesia and surgical procedures performed at the MSF field hospital in Jabal al-Akrad, Syria (5th September 2012-1st January 2014)
From: Providing surgery in a war-torn context: the Médecins Sans Frontières experience in Syria
Variable | n (%) |
|---|---|
Type of anaesthetic procedures (n-712) | |
General without intubation | 337 (47) |
Spinal | 179 (25) |
General with intubation | 122 (17) |
Local/regional | 53 (7) |
Combined | 21 (3) |
Type of surgical procedures (n-831) | |
Minor/ Wound care | 450 (54) |
Caesarean-sections | 153 (18) |
Visceral surgery | 114 (14) |
Orthopaedic/specialised surgery | 64 (8) |
Gynaeco-obstetric surgerya | 50 (6) |