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This study is the first documented report of wounding patterns and mechanisms of battle casualties treated at the Dutch role 2 enhanced medical treatment facility at the multi\u2010national base Tarin Kowt, Uruzgan, Afghanistan.\n<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>\nParticipants were selected from the trauma registry at the Dutch role 2 enhanced medical treatment facility if they fitted the criteria \u2018battle casualty\u2019 and \u2018disease non\u2010battle injury\u2019 between August 2006 and August 2010.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The trauma registry query resulted in 2,736 casualties, of which 60 % (<jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic> = 1,635) were classified as \u2018disease non\u2010battle casualties\u2019 and 40 % (<jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic> = 1,101) as \u2018battle casualties\u2019. The battle casualties sustained 1,617 combat wounds, resulting in 1.6 wounds per battle casualty. These injuries were predominately caused by explosions (55 %) and gunshots (35 %). The wounding pattern was as follows: head and neck (21 %), thorax (13 %), abdomen (14 %), upper extremity (20 %), and lower extremity (33 %).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>The wounding patterns seen at the Dutch role 2 enhanced medical treatment facility at the multi\u2010national base Tarin Kowt resemble the patterns as recorded by other coalition partners. 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