BACKGROUND: Pakistan has been hugely struck with massive bomb explosions (car and suicide bombs) resulting in multiple casualties in the past few years. The aim of this study is to present the patterns of skeletal and soft tissue injuries and to review the outcome of the victims who presented to our hospital. METHODS: This is a retrospective chart review from January 2008 to December 2012. The medical record numbers of @entity1 were obtained from the hospital Health Information and Management Sciences (HIMS) as per the ICD-9 coding. RESULTS: During the study period, more than 100 suicide and implanted bomb blast attacks took place in the public proceedings, government offices, residential areas and other places of the city. Altogether 262 @entity1 were enrolled in the study. The mean age of the @entity1 was 31  14 years. The shrapnel inflicted wounds were present on to the upper limb in 24 @entity1 and the lower limb in 50. CONCLUSION: Long @entity174 were the most common @entity130 . The @entity174 were complicated by penetrating fragments and nails which result in post operative @entity281 and prolonged hospital stay.

Terrorist attacks in the largest metropolitan city of Pakistan: Profile of soft tissue and XXXX from a single @entity130 center.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity281 :: ('MESH:D007239', 'Disease') :: ['infections'] @entity130 :: ('MESH:D014947', 'Disease') :: ['skeletal injuries'] @entity174 :: ('MESH:D050723', 'Disease') :: ['fractures', 'bone fractures']
@entity130 :: (MESH:D014947,Disease) :: ['skeletal injuries']
