Department of Neurosurgery, German Armed Forces Hospital, Ulm, Germany.
Neurosurg Focus. 2010 May;28(5):E14. doi: 10.3171/2010.2.FOCUS1010.
For many years, the experience of neurosurgeons from the German Armed Forces was limited to the peacetime care of patients in Germany. In 1995, German military neurosurgeons were deployed abroad for the first time. Since the beginning of the International Security Assistance Force mission, there has been a rapidly increasing number of opportunities for military neurosurgeons to broaden their experience during deployments abroad. Since the first deployment of a neurosurgeon to the German field hospital in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, a total of 140 neurosurgical procedures have been performed there. Sixty-four surgeries were performed for cranial or spinal neurotrauma management. During the entire period, only 10 International Security Assistance Force members required acute or urgent neurosurgical interventions. The majority of neurosurgical procedures were performed in Afghan patients who received acute and elective treatment whenever the necessary infrastructure was available in the field hospital. Fifteen patients from the Afghan National Army and Police and 115 local patients underwent neurosurgery. Sixty-two procedures were carried out under acute or urgent conditions, and 78 operations were elective.
多年来，德国武装部队的神经外科医生的经验仅限于在德国照顾和平时期的患者。1995 年，德国军事神经外科医生首次被部署到国外。自国际安全援助部队任务开始以来，军事神经外科医生在海外部署期间有机会迅速扩大其经验。自第一位神经外科医生被部署到阿富汗马扎里沙里夫的德国野战医院以来，那里总共进行了 140 次神经外科手术。其中 64 例用于颅脑或脊柱神经创伤管理。在整个期间，只有 10 名国际安全援助部队成员需要进行急性或紧急神经外科干预。大多数神经外科手术都是在阿富汗患者中进行的，只要野战医院具备必要的基础设施，就会对他们进行急性和择期治疗。阿富汗国民军和警察中有 15 名患者，当地有 115 名患者接受了神经外科手术。62 例是在急性或紧急情况下进行的，78 例是择期手术。
