Purpose: Prophylactic enucleation of a ruptured globe with no light perception within 14
days of injury to prevent sympathetic ophthalmia (SO) has been an established dictum in …

METHODS The US and UK combat trauma registries were scrutinized for patients with
penetrating neck injury (PNI) at deployed coalition MTF between March 2003 and October …

Introduction This article presents an emerging capability to project damage control
procedures far forward for situations where evacuation to a formal surgical team is delayed …

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 …

Background A specific training course was formalized in 2007 in order to facilitate the
management of cranio-encephalic injuries by French military general surgeons during …

Introduction The conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan provided military surgeons from the USA
and the UK with extensive experience into the management of injuries to the head, face and …

This article aims to describe the French concept regarding combat casualty neurosurgical
care from the theater of operations to a homeland hospital. French military neurosurgeons …

Objective Scope evidence on technical performance metrics for open emergency surgery.
Identify surgical performance metrics and procedures used in trauma training courses …

Purpose To compare incidences, ocular injury types, and treatment performed on United
States and United Kingdom military service members and host nation civilians within the Iraq …

Introduction Future conflicts may have limited use of aviation-based prehospital emergency
care for evacuation. This will increase the likelihood of extended evacuation timelines and …