Bone and Soft Tissue Trauma Research at the USAISR

Abstract

Since its establishment in 1943, the United States Army Institute of Surgical Research (USAISR) has conducted research focused on improving the surgical care given to soldiers. Just as our predecessors addressed the unacceptably high impact of thermal injury on combat casualties, the Bone and Soft Tissue Research Team focuses research on combat casualties by examining the epidemiology of combat wounds to identify needed improvements in combat casualty care. This paper provides an overview of the bone and soft tissue trauma research currently being conducted at the USAISR and introduces the available combat casualty data from recent conflicts that were used to identify areas where research can achieve maximum impact on reducing the morbidity and mortality rates of combat casualties.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA445028

Entities

People

  • David G. Baer
  • John F. Kragh
  • Joseph C Wenke
  • Steven J. Svoboda
  • Terry G. Bice
  • Thomas J. Walters

Organizations

  • United States Army Institute of Surgical Research

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bone Fractures
  • Casualties
  • Combat Casualty Care
  • Combat Injuries
  • Debridement
  • Health Services
  • Infection
  • Materials Science
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Medicine
  • Soft Tissues
  • Therapy
  • Tissues
  • Warfare
  • Wound Infections
  • Wounds And Injuries

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.
  • Trauma Surgery or Emergency Medicine.