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Mass casualties related to either natural or man-made disasters are a reality of our lives, affecting large populations happening in both developed and developing countries. The earthquake that hit Haiti on January 12, 2010, caused around 237,000 deaths and nearly 300,000 wounded and left about 1 million homeless—revealing just how unprepared most countries are to deal with mass casualties and disaster-related injuries. A large percentage of the injuries typically seen in these situations are to the limbs [1, 2]. An overwhelming number of casualties; delayed presentation; crush injuries and crush syndrome; lack of adequate medical facilities and sometimes expertise, regional and cultural; and other factors influence the decision to amputate, to save lives, or to preserve function.

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  2. Department of Plastic Surgery, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, 16 Hatidhar Street, Ra’anana, 43665, 2340, Hadera, Israel

    Moris Topaz MD, PhD

  3. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Ziv Medical Center, Zefat, Israel

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    Eric S. Weinstein MD, FACEP

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Wolfson, N., Topaz, M., Lerner, A., Weinstein, E.S. (2016). Amputations in Disasters. In: Wolfson, N., Lerner, A., Roshal, L. (eds) Orthopedics in Disasters. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-48950-5_33

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