Injury
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The diagnoses which were missed at patients' first attendance at an A & E Department over a 6-month period were noted and investigated. The most common cause of missed diagnosis was failure to interpret X-ray findings correctly; this and other causes are discussed. Recommendations as to how this can be improved are made.
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This paper describes our experience of 340 cases of open fracture treated at the Al- Rasheed Military Hospital with a simple external fixation device.