Burned children from the Bashkir train-gas pipeline disaster. II. Follow-up experience at Children's Hospital 9, Moscow |
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| Authors: | J P Remensnyder F P Ackroyd S Astrozjnikova L G Budkevitch A A Buletova C M Creedon N Lankina P M Lybarger V Okatyev P P Prodeus |
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| Affiliation: | Dzershinsky Surgical Clinic, Childrens Hospital 9, Moscow, USSR. |
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| Abstract: | A group of US surgeons and nurses was invited by the Soviet surgeons and nurses of the Burn Unit of Childrens Hospital 9 to return to Moscow to participate in the evaluation and treatment of a group of 25 children burned in the Bashkir train-gas pipeline accident of 4 June 1989. The US group had participated in the acute care of the children 7 months before. Major sequelae observed were hepatitis, cardiomyopathy and severe emotional disorders. Reconstructive surgery for burn scars was jointly planned and carried out during a 2-week period of mutually instructive cooperation. |
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