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Below is a compendium of key papers published in the Journal addressing the clinical and medical operational issues that arose in UK military campaigns, starting with Op BANNER in Northern Ireland (1969-2007) to current operations in Afghanistan. The campaigns were:
- Op BANNER (Northern Ireland, 1969-2007)
- Op CORPORATE (Falkland Islands, 1982)
- Op GRANBY (Gulf War, 1990-91)
- Op GABRIEL (Rwanda, 1984)
- Op GRAPPLE/RESOLUTE (Former Republic of Yugoslavia, 1992-2000)
- Op TELIC (Iraq, 2003-11)
- Op HERRICK (Afghanistan, 2002- )
| Op BANNER, Northern Ireland (1969-2007) | ||
| WC Moffat. | British Force Casualties Northern Ireland. |  |
| NH Clark. | The Equipment of Armoured Ambulances in Northern Ireland. | |
| RG Robinson. | The Management of Casualties from the Ballykinler Bomb Explosion. | |
| MS Owen-Smith. | Hunterian Lecture 1980: A Computerised Data Retrieval System for the Wounds of War - The Northern Ireland Casualties. | |
| DJ Vassallo, JC Taylor, DJ Aldington, AP Finnegan. | Shattered Illusions - The Thiepval Barracks Bombing, 7 October 1996. | |
| AP Finnegan, PA Cumming, ME Piper. | Critical Incident Stress Debriefing following the Terrorist Bombing at Army Headquarters Northern Ireland. | |
| SJO Potter, GE Carter. | The Omagh Bombing - A Medical Perspective. | |
| Op CORPORATE, Falkland Islands (1982) | ||
| Editorial. | |
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| SJ Hughes. | The Battle for Goose Green - The RMO's View. | |
| GE Ratcliffe, NE Cetti, AA Bleaney. | Medicine in the Falklands - A Review of the Medical Services in the Falkland Islands Before and After the War of 1982. | |
| Editorial. | |
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| DS Jackson, MD Howitt, RJ Knight. | First and Second Line Treatment in the Falklands Campaign: A Retrospective View. | |
| P Chapman. | Operation Corporate-The Sir Galahad Bombing: The Woolwich Burns Unit Experience. | |
| RP Craig. | Military Cold Injury During the War in The Falkland Islands 1982: An Evaluation of Possible Risk Factors. | |
| DS Jackson. | Sepsis in Soft Tissue Limb Wounds in Soldiers Injured During the Falklands Campaign 1982. | |
| J Anderson. | An Audiometric Survey of Royal Artillery Gun Crews Following “Operation Corporate”. | |
| HH Price. | The Falklands: Rate of British Psychiatric Combat Casualties Compared to Recent American Wars. | |
| FG Groom, JT Coull. | Army Amputees from the Falklands - Review. | |
| The papers below are from the Falklands Conflict Commemorative Issue (25th anniversary). |
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| Chronology of Events. | |
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| From the Editor. | |
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| M von Bertele. | Editorial. | |
| PRJ Page. | Fighting for the Falklands. | |
| Roll of Honour. | |
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| Introduction to Original Papers | |
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| J Crummic. | The Eve of the Sinking of the Sir Galahad. | |
| SJ Hughes. | The Battle for Goose Green. | |
| 2 Para Memorial, Goose Green. | |
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| J Burgess. | My Experiences in the Falklands War. | |
| WSP McGregor. | My Thoughts on the Falklands Campaign. | |
| P Chapman. | Operation Corporate - the Sir Galahad Bombings: Woolwich Burns Unit Experience. | |
| A Kay. | Commentary: Operation Corporate - the Sir Galahad Bombings: Woolwich Burns Unit Experience. | |
| AFG Groom, JT Coull. | Army Amputees in the Falklands - A Review. | |
| J Etherington. | Commentary: Army Amputees in the Falklands - A Review. | |
| DS Jackson, CC Batty, JM Ryan, WSP McGregor. | Army Field Surgical Experience. | |
| JM Ryan. | Commentary: Army Field Surgical Experience. | |
| DS Jackson, MD Jowitt, RJ Knight. | First and Second Line Treatment - A Retrospective Review. | |
| PAF Hunt. | Commentary: First and Second Line Treatment - A Retrospective Review. | |
| DS Jackson. | Soldiers Injured During the Falklands Campaign: Sepsis in Soft Tissue Wounds. | |
| P Parker. | Commentary: Soldiers Injured During the Falklands Campaign. | |
| HH Price. | Rate of British Psychiatric Combat Casualties Compared to Recent American Wars. | |
| M O'Connell. | Commentary: Rate of British Psychiatric Combat Casualties Compared to Recent American Wars. | |
| RP Craig. | Military Cold Injury During the War in the Falklands Islands 1982: An Evaluation of Possible Risk Factors. | |
| J Smith. | Commentary: Military Cold Injury During the War in the Falklands Islands 1982: An Evaluation of Possible Risk Factors. | |
| JG Williams, TRD Riley, RA Moody. | Resuscitation Experience During the Falkland Island Campaign. | |
| K Porter. | Commentary: Resuscitation Experience During the Falkland Islands Campaign. | |
| IP Crawford, P Abraham, M Brown, JB Stewart, R Scott. | Lessons from the Falklands Campaign. | |
| M von Bertele. | Retention Positive - What I Can Remember 25 Years On. | |
| AJ Walker. | Looking Back 25 Years - A Naval Perspective. | |
| JM Ryan. | A Personal Reflection on the Falklands Island War of 1982. | |
| Campaign Medals: The South Atlantic Medal. | |
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| Original Contributors. | |
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| The 1982 War Memorial. | |
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| Op GRANBY, Gulf War (1990-1) | ||
| DG Sinclair, NC Hepburn, J Bowen, CR Winfield. | Community Acquired Pneumonia in the Gulf. | |
| TJ Hodgetts, GE Ratcliffe. | Gulf Medical Audit - An Analysis of Medical Casualties Evacuated to the UK from the Gulf during Operation Granby. | |
| TJW Spalding, MPM Stewart, DN Tulloch, KM Stephens. | Penetrating Missile Injuries in the Gulf War 1991. | |
| LS O'Brien, RG Payne. | Prevention and Management of Panic in Personnel Facing a Chemical Threat - Lessons from the Gulf War. | |
| AB Gilham, I Robbins. | Brief Therapy in a Battleshock Recovery Unit: Three Case Studies. | |
| MD Coombe, SF Drysdale. | Assessment of the Effects of Atmospheric Oil Pollution in Post War Kuwait. | |
| DG Upshall. | Gulf Related Illnesses - Current Perspectives. | |
| SN Galbraith. | Medico-Legal Issues Surrounding Medical Countermeasures used in the Gulf War - Part 1. | |
| SN Galbraith. | Medico-Legal Issues Surrounding Medical Countermeasures Used in the Gulf War - Part 2. | |
| HA Lee, R Gabriel, AJ Bale, P Bolton, NF Blatchley. | Clinical Findings Of The Second 1000 Gulf War Veterans Who Attended MOD's Medical Assessment Programme. | |
| Op GABRIEL, Rwanda (1984) | ||
| JRA Duckett. | Guidelines for Dietary Supplementation of Pregnant Women in a Rwandan Refugee Camp. | |
| A Hawley. | Rwanda 1994: A Study of Medical Support in Military Humanitarian Operations. | |
| Op GRAPPLE/RESOLUTE, FR Yugoslavia (1992-2000) | ||
| JM Ryan, R bailie, G Diack, J Kierlie, T Williams. | Safe Removal of Combat Body Armour Lightweight Following Battlefield Wounding - A Timely Reminder. | |
| MS Adams. | Pre-Existing Disease in British Army Patients Aeromedically Evacuated from the Former Republic of Yugoslavia. | |
| AMJ Croft, IS Creamer. | Health Data from Operation Resolute (Bosnia): Part 1 - Primary Care Data. | |
| DA Winfield. | A Study of Primary Health Care at Divulje Barracks, Split on Operation Resolute (Bosnia). | |
| Z Lovric, H Kuvezdic, D Prlic, B Wertheimer, K Candrlic. | Ballistic Trauma in 1991192 War in Osijek, Croatia: Shell Fragments Versus Bullets. | |
| DA Winfield. | Dermatological conditions in winter in Primary Health Care on Operation Resolute (Bosnia). | |
| MS Adams, AMJ Croft. | Sports Injuries in British Troops deployed on Operation Resolute (Bosnia). | |
| AMJ Croft, JP Hopkins. | Medical Repatriations from Operation Resolute (Bosnia). | |
| DA Winfield, P Lafferty. | Mental Health Problems on Operation Resolute (Bosnia). | |
| R Thornton, RF Cordell, KE Edmonds. | Humanitarian Aid Operations in Republica Srpska during Operation Resolute 2. | |
| JP Owen, AHM Macmillan. | J95 Health Surveillance in Multinational Division South West (Bosnia): July - November 1996. | |
| DJ Vassallo, ID Sargeant, PJ Sadler, CJ Barraclough, BM Bhatt, AC Wilcock. | Mass Casualty Incident At Hospital Squadron Sipovo, Bosnia Following a Czech Hip Helicopter Crash, 8 Jan 1998. | |
| JP Owen, AHM Macmillan. | A Pilot Study of J95 in Secondary Care in Bosnia. | |
| DJ Vassallo, Z Kleizl, ID Sargeant, J Cyprich, J Fousek. | British-Czech Co-operation in a Mass Casualty Incident, Sipovo. From Aeromedical Evacuation from Bosnia to Discharge from Central Military Hospital, Prague. |
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| MR Baggaley, ME Piper, P Cumming, G Murphy. | Trauma Related Symptoms in British Soldiers 36 Months Following a Tour in the Former Yugoslavia. | |
| PJ Parker. | Kosovo 1999 - A Surgical Template for Modern Conflict. | |
| G Kenward, TNM Jain, K Nicholson. | Mission Creep: An Analysis Of Accident And Emergency Room Activity In A Military Facility In Bosnia-Herzegovina. | |
| DJ Vassallo, PJK Graham, G Gupta, DJ Alempijevic. | "Bomb Explosion On The Nis Express" - Lessons From A Major Incident, Kosovo 16 February 2001. | |
| Op TELIC, Iraq (2003-11) | ||
| TJ Hodgetts, LA Greasley. | OP TELIC - Impact Of Deployment Of Personnel With Chronic Conditions To Forward Areas. | |
| MJ Roberts, MA Fox, C Hamilton-Davies, S Dowson. | OP TELIC - The Experience Of The Intensive Care Unit In A British Army Field Hospital During The 2003 Gulf Conflict. | |
| S Edgar. | The Personal Experience Of The Regimental Aid Post. 1st Bn The Royal Regiment Of Fusiliers. OP TELIC, IRAQ. | |
| DA Rew, J Clasper, G Kerr. | OP TELIC - Surgical Workload From An Integrated UK Field Hospital During The 2003 Gulf Conflict. | |
| PD McAllister, SPR Blair, S Philpott. | OP TELIC - A Field Mental Health Team In The General Support Medical Setting. | |
| T Ramalingam. | OP TELIC - Extremity Injuries Remain A High Surgical Workload In A Conflict Zone: Experiences Of A British Field Hospital In Iraq, 2003. | |
| I Gurney. | Paediatric Casualties During OP TELIC . | |
| S Aslam, MFP Griffiths. | Eye Casualties During Operation Telic. | |
| NJ Ward, E Okpala. | Analysis of 47 Road Traffic Admisssions to BMH Shaibah. | |
| D Heller. | Child Patients In A Field Hospital During The 2003 Gulf Conflict. | |
| JC Clasper, SL Phillips. | Early Failure Of External Fixation In The Management Of War Injuries. | |
| JN Scott. | Diagnosis And Outcome Of Psychiatric Referrals To The Field Mental Team, 202 Field Hospital, Op Telic 1. | |
| C Grainge, M Heber. | The Role Of The Physician In Modern Military Operations: 12 Months Experience In Southern Iraq. | |
| JH Bird, DP Luke, MPM Stewart et al. | Management of Unstable Cervical Spine Injuries in Southern Iraq During OP TELIC. | |
| PJ Parker, SA Adams, D Williams et al. | Forward Surgery on Operation Telic - Iraq 2003. | |
| DE Hinsley, SL Phillips, JS Clasper. | Ballistic Fractures During the 2003 Gulf Conflict - Early prognosis and High Complication Rate. | |
| JPG Bolton, PH Gilbert, BCC Tamayo. | OP TELIC - Heat Illness on Operation Telic in Summer 2003 - The Experience of the Heat Illness Treatment Unit in Northern Kuwait. | |
| P Reavley, JJM Black. | OP TELIC - Attendances at a Field Hospital Emergency Department During Operations in Iraq, November 2003-March 2004 (Op Telic III). | |
| A Ramasamy, TPS Bhullar. | Posterior Fracture Dislocation of the Hip from a Warrior Turret Injury. | |
| SS Goonewardene, KS Mangat, ID Sargeant, et al. | Tetraplegia Following Cervical Spine Cord Contusion from Indirect Gunshot Injury Effects. | |
| J Breeze, AR Gibbons. | Are Soldiers at Increased Risk of Third Molar Symptoms When On Operational Tour in Iraq? A Prospective Cohort Study. | |
| DJ O'Reilly, J Kilbey. | Ananlysis of the Initial 100 Scans from the First CT Scanner Deployed by the British Armed Forces in a Land Environment. | |
| TJ Hodgetts, S Davies, R Russell, J McLeod. | Benchmarking the UK Deployed Trauma System. | |
| TJ Hodgetts, S Davies, M Midwinter, R Russell, J Smith, J Clasper, N Tai, E Lewis, J Ollerton, P Massetti, I Moorhouse, N Hunt, A Hepper. | Operational Mortaility of UK Service Personnel in Iraq and Aghanistan: A One Year Analysis 2006-7. | |
| J Ollerton, TJ Hodgetts, R Russell. | Operational Morbidity Analysis of Soft Tissue Injuries During Operation Telic. | |
| T Stansfield, H Hay. | Images Of Our Time - Spinal Anaesthetic With A Patient Wearing Enhanced Combat Body Armour. | |
| M S Bailey, C I Gallimore, L D Lines, A D Grren, B A Lopman, J J Gray, D W G Brown. | Viral Gastroenteritis Outbreaks in Deployed British Troops During 2002-2007. | |
| JG Penn-Barwell, S Finnikan, I Sargeant et al. | PVL Staphylococcus Aureus Osteomyelitis Complicating Septic Arthritis in a UK Soldier Serving in Iraq. | |
| D Murphy, A Strong. | Factors Associated with Reporting Concerns, and their Content, Towards Malaria Prophylaxis in UK Service Personnel Deployed to Iraq. | |
| CJ Boos, GAC Wheble, MJ Campbell, KC Tabner, DR Woods. | Self-Administration of Exercise and Dietary Supplements in Deployed British Military Personnel During Operation TELIC 13. | |
| JE Ollerton, TJ Hodgetts. | Operational Morbidity Analysis: Ophthalmic Presentations During Operation TELIC. | |
| CJ Boos, SH White, SA Bland, PD McAllister. | Dietary Supplements and Military Operations: Caution is Advised. | |
| SH White, S Dickson, T Colman, F Hoque, CJ Boos. | Back Pain in a Bangladeshi Worker in Iraq. | |
| K McVeigh, J Breeze, P Jeynes et al. | Focus on Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery: Clinical Strategies in the Management of Complex Maxillofacial Injuries Sustained by British Military Personnel. | |
| DB Powers. | Focus on Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery: Distribution of Civilian and Military Maxillofacial Surgical Procedures Performed in an Air Force Theatre Hospital: Implications for Training and Readiness. | |
| JS Glennie, MS Bailey. | UK Role 4 Military Infectious Diseases at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital in 2005-9. | |
| Major Military Trauma: Current Status and Difficult Decisions. This is a compendium of papers influenced largely by operations in Iraq and Afghanistan [Vol. 157 No. 3, Suppl. 1 (September 2011)] and papers are listed here. |
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| Op HERRICK, Afghanistan (2002- ) | ||
| DJ Vassallo,T Gerlinger, P Maholtz, B Burlingame, AFI Shepherd. | Combined UK/US Field Hospital Management Of A Major Incident Arising From A Chinook Helicopter Crash In Afghanistan, 28 Jan 2002. | |
| BH Campion, JGH Hacker Hughes, M Devon, NT Fear. | Psychological Morbidity During the 2002 Deployment to Afghanistan. | |
| MCM Bricknell. | Reflections on Medical Aspects of ISAF IX in Afghanistan. | |
| SS Goonewardene, KS Mangat, ID Sargeant, et al. | Tetraplegia Following Cervical Spine Cord Contusion from Indirect Gunshot Injury Effects. | |
| NK Cooper, MCM Bricknell, GR Holden et al. | Pertussis - A BFG Case Finding Study Amongst Returnees From OP HERRICK. | |
| K Chalioulias, KT Sim, R Scott. | Case Report: Retinal Sequelae of Primary Ocular Blast Injuries. | |
| TJ Hodgetts, S Davies, R Russell, J McLeod. | Benchmarking the UK Deployed Trauma System. | |
| TJ Hodgetts, S Davies, M Midwinter, R Russell, J Smith, J Clasper, N Tai, E Lewis, J Ollerton, P Massetti, I Moorhouse, N Hunt, A Hepper. | Operational Mortaility of UK Service Personnel in Iraq and Aghanistan: A One Year Analysis 2006-7. | |
| J McLeod, TJ Hodgetts, P Mahoney. | Combat “Category A” Calls: Evaluating the Pre-Hospital Timelines in a Military Trauma System. | |
| BR Cooper, A Mellor, A Bruce, A Hall, PF Mahoney | Paediatric Thoracic Damage Control Resuscitation for Ballistic Injury: A Case Report. | |
| N Tai, P Hill, A Kay, P Parker. | Forward Trauma Surgery In Afghanistan: Lessons Learnt And Surgical Skills Required For The Asymmetric Modern Battlefield. | |
| MJ Stacey, RJ Blanch. | A Case Of External Ophthalmomyiasis In A Deployed UK Soldier. | |
| M S Bailey, C I Gallimore, L D Lines, A D Grren, B A Lopman, J J Gray, D W G Brown. | Viral Gastroenteritis Outbreaks in Deployed British Troops During 2002-2007. | |
| R F Cordell, M S Cooney, D Beijer. | Audit of the Effectiveness of Command and Control Arrangements for Medical Evacuation of Seriously Ill or Injured Casualties in Southern Afghanistan 2007. | |
| A Ramasamy, D E Hinsley, A J Brooks. | The Use of Improvised Bullet Markers with 3D CT Reconstruction in the Evaluation of Penetrating Trauma. | |
| S Hughes, D Birt. | Focus on Pain: Continuous peripheral nerve blockade on Op Herrick 9. | |
| P Fenton, N Bali, I Sargeant, SLA Jeffrey. | Case Report: A Complication of the Use of Intra-Osseous Needles. | |
| MC Boyd, AJC Mountain, JC Clasper. | Improvised Skeletal Traction in the Management of Ballistic Femoral Fractures. | |
| P Parent, VJF Trottier, DR Bennett et al. | Are IVC Filters Required in Combat Support Hospitals? | |
| AM Wood, K Trimble, MA Louden, J Jansenl. | Selective Non-operational Management of Ballistic Abdominal Solid Organ Injury in the Deployed Military Setting. | |
| DJ Willdridge, TJ Hodgetts, PF Mahoney, L Jarvis. | The Joint Theatre Clinical Case Conference (JTCCC): Lessons and Issues from the First 14 Months. | |
| JK Ralph, R George, J Thompson. | Paediatric Anaesthesia Using the Triservice Anaesthetic Apparatus. | |
| CM Lamb, JEA Berry, WF DeMello, C Cox. | Case Report - Secondary Abdominal Compartment Syndrome After Military Wounding. | |
| MJ Ansell, J Breeze, VC McAllister, MD Williams. | Focus on Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery: Management of Devastating Ocular Trauma - Experience of Maxillofacial Surgeons Deployed to a Forward Field Hospital. | |
| K McVeigh, J Breeze, P Jeynes et al. | Focus on Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery: Clinical Strategies in the Management of Complex Maxillofacial Injuries Sustained by British Military Personnel. | |
| AJ Gibbons, N Mackenzie. | Focus on Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery: Lessons Learned in Oral and Maxiillofacial Surgery from British Military Deployments in Afghanistan. | |
| J Breeze, AM Monaghan, MD Williams, RNW Clark, AJ Gibbons. | Focus on Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery: Five Months of Surgery in the Multinational Field Hospital in Afghanistan with an Emphasis on Oral and Maxillofacial Injuries. | |
| DM Taylor, M Bailey | Letters to the Editor: A Complication of the Use of an Intra-osseous Needle. | |
| N Walker, RJ Russell, TJ Hodgetts. | British Military Experience of Pre-Hospital Paediatric Trauma in Afghanistan. | |
| AG Haldane. | Advanced Airway Management - A Medical Emergency Response Team Perspective. | |
| JS Glennie, MS Bailey. | UK Role 4 Military Infectious Diseases at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital in 2005-9. | |
| J Lyon, M Stacey, RG Simpson. | Focus on Primary Health Care: Preparing for an Operational Tour as a Medical Officer in Southern Afghanistan. | |
| AG Haldane. | Clinical Practice: Traumatic Pneumorrachis. | |
| OJ Hawksley, I Jeyanathan, K Mears et al. | Focus on Primary Health Care: A Survey of Primary Health Care Provision at a Forward Operating Base in Afghanistan during Operation HERRICK 10. | |
| MS Bailey, TR Trinik, JA Dunbar et al. | Undifferentiated Febrile Illnesses Amongst British Troops in Helmand, Afghanistan. | |
| I Nesbitt, MK Almond, DA Freshwater. | Renal Replacement in the Deployed Setting. | |
| DA Rew. | Editorial: Strategic Clinical Manpower Planning in the Defence Medical Services Beyond Op HERRICK. | |
| EA Cameron. | Do No Harm - The Limitations of Civilian Medical Outreach and MEDCAP Programmes Based in Afghanistan. | |
| A Stalker, J Ollerton, S Everington, R Russell, C Walker, S White. | A Three Year Review of Emergency Department Admissions - Op HERRICK 4 to 9. | |
| DN Naumann, CD Baird-Clarke, DA Ross. | Fleas on Operations in Afghanistan - Environmental Health Measures on the Front Line. | |
| CJ Boos, P Simms, FR Morris, M Fertout. | The Use of Exercise and Dietary Supplements Among British Soldiers in Afghanistan. | |
| J Rutherford, SA Adams. | The Afghanistan Fracture Pan. | |
| EC Allcock, T Wooley, H Doughty, M Midwinter, PF Mahoney, I Mackenzie. | The Clinical Outcome of UK Military Personnel Who Received a Massive Transfusion in Afghanistan During 2009. | |
| CA Fries, J Penn-Barwell, NRM Tai, TJ Hodgetts, MJ Midwinter, DM Bowley. | Management of Intestinal Injury in Deployed Military Hospitals. | |
| ML Patil, J Breeze. | Use of Hearing Protection on Military Operations. | |
| WGP Eardley, A Beaven, I Sargeant. | Endoscopic Evaluation of a Complex Ballistic Injury. | |
| JM Quayle, GOR Thomas. | A Pre-Hospital Technique for Controlling Haemorrhage from Traumatic Perineal and High Amputation Injuries. | |
| Major Military Trauma: Current Status and Difficult Decisions. A compendium of papers influenced largely by operations in Iraq and Afghanistan [Vol. 157 No. 3, Suppl. 1 (September 2011)] and papers are listed here. |
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| Managing Medical Support to Operations. A second compendium of papers influenced largely by operations in Iraq and Afghanistan [Vol. 157 No. 4, Suppl. 2 (December 2011)] and papers are listed here. |