Nasal cartilage pathologies are common; for example, up to 80% of people are afflicted by
deviated nasal septum conditions. Because cartilage provides the supportive framework of …

Importance Analysis of combat deaths provides invaluable epidemiologic and quality-
improvement data for trauma centers and is particularly important under rapidly evolving …

Introduction The evolution of medical practice is resulting in increasing subspecialisation,
with head, face and neck (HFN) trauma in a civilian environment usually managed by a …

Vast numbers of blast-injured Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring
Freedom/Operation New Dawn personnel report postconcussive symptoms that include …

Abstract Using Sprague-Dawley rats (350–450 g; n= 61) and the recently updated Walker-
Mason rat scald burn model, we demonstrated that Pseudomonas aeruginosa readily …

We used a modified Walker–Mason scald burn rat model to demonstrate that Pseudomonas
aeruginosa, a common opportunistic pathogen in the burn ward and notable biofilm former …

BACKGROUND Gunshot wounds and blast injuries to the face (GSWBIFs) produce complex
wounds requiring management by multiple surgical specialties. Previous work is limited to …

Introduction Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the most common cause of death on the modern
battlefield. In recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, the US typically deployed …

The study objectives were to characterize maxillofacial injuries and assess the safety of in-
theater facial fracture repair in US military personnel with severe combat trauma from Iraq …

PURPOSE: The mandible is the most commonly fractured bone in the craniomaxillofacial
skeleton among military casualties. The purpose of this study was to characterize the nature …