Objectives: A 1000-bed floating hospital, USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) has provided large-scale humanitarian aid (HA) throughout Southeast Asia. As the focus of these missions, desig
The objective of our study was to determine clinical factors associated with success of laparoscopy in managing small bowel obstruction (SBO). The use of laparo
OBJECTIVES: Tranexamic acid (TXA) may be a useful adjunct for military patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), who are often treated in austere settings without immediat
Ventral Hernia repair is one of the most common surgical procedures facing the general surgeon.There is little consensus as to the best surgical technique for complex s
Objectives: Many injuries from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan involve extremity trauma secondary to blasts. The wounding patterns from these blasts predispose patients