[Anesthesia for War Surgery in Northern Iraq]

This report is on the anesthesia for war surgery at an emergency hospital in Northern Iraq. The major point in war surgery is not to close the wound after its debridement. The infection is the major threat for all surgical operations, and when the infection exists the first priority is to eradicate it, not the ICU treatment without its eradication. For bleeding patients, intrave- nous anesthetics should be used carefully, and also permissive hypotension should be considered until the bleeding is stopped. Knowing the anesthesia for war surgery is to broaden your daily anesthetic skills.