European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery
Surgical outcomes in an improvised underground operating room during missile attacks
Abstract Purpose Armed conflict disrupts healthcare when hospital infrastructure is vulnerable to missile attacks. During a 12-day missile strike period, our hospital established an improvised operating room (OR) in an underground parking lot. This study evaluated perioperative and short-term outcomes among patients treated in the improvised OR compared with those treated in the hospital’s fortified standard OR. Methods This retrospective cohort study included patients undergoing general or orthopaedic surgery duri …