

The analysis revealed that, during the Greco-Italian War (November 1940–April 1941), 149 patients with war-related head injuries were admitted to the Sinanaj hospital, and 48 patients underwent surgery. The aim of this report is to analyze that section, to describe the characteristics and neurosurgical management of war-related head injuries, and to depict the status of war neurosurgery in the Royal Italian Army during WWII. In 1942, they published a detailed report, with a section dedicated to the management of war-related head injuries. The hospital’s military surgeons carefully collected information about the characteristics and management of patients with war-related injuries.

During the Greco-Italian War (World War II, 1940–1941), an Italian field hospital was set up in Sinanaj, Albania.
