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  • Anti-personnel Landmine Injuries during Peace: Experience in a European Country

  • Stamatios A. Papadakis, Eleni C. Babourda, Thomas C. Mitsitskas, Sotirios Markakidis, Costas Bachtis, Dimitrios Koukouvis, Apostolos A. Tentes
  • Journal:
    Prehospital and Disaster Medicine / Volume 21 / Issue 4 / August 2006
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    28 June 2012, pp. 237-240
    Print publication:
    August 2006
  • Introduction:

    The purpose of this study is to report the incidence of landmine injuries during peacetime in a European country.

    Methods:

    Forty victims of landmine explosions were admitted to Didimoticho General Hospital in Greece, from December 1988 to March 2003. A total of 19 people survived (47.5%) these events; all of the others were dead upon admission to the hospital. All of the victims were men, either suspected smugglers or migrants entering the country illegally, with an aver- age of 30 years (range: 15–56 years).

    Results:

    Most victims presented in groups, with multiple traumatic injuries, including lower extremity wounds. The mortality rate in the minefield prior to hospital admission was 52.5%, and the amputation rate for the survivors was 37%. There were no deaths of the patients admitted to the hospital.

    Conclusions:

    Landmines cause highenergy injuries with high mortality and amputation rates. Illegal migrants are the main victims of landmine explosions in Greece.