Patterns of trauma and burn injuries and their management outcomes in the Gaza Strip

The October 7 war in the Gaza Strip has caused catastrophic civilian harm, with more than 72,000 fatalities and 172,000 injuries reported by the Ministry of Health since October 2023. Despite this scale of trauma, systematic data on injury patterns, clinical management, and outcomes remain limited, constraining an evidence-based humanitarian response. This presentation sets out the results of a retrospective cohort study using routinely collected programmatic data from surgical inpatients admitted to the MSF Trauma, Orthopedic, and Burn Unit at Nasser Medical Complex between May 2024 and June 2025.