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Record Nr.

UNINA9910703127503321

Titolo

War surgery in Afghanistan and Iraq [[electronic resource] ] : a series of cases, 2003-2007 / / edited by Shawn Christian Nessen, Dave Edmond Lounsbury, Stephen P. Hetz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Falls Church, Va. : , : Office of the Surgeon General, United States Army

Washington, DC : , : Borden Institute : , : Walter Reed Army Medical Center, , [2008]

©2008

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxii, 441 pages) : color illustrations

Collana

Textbooks of military medicine

Altri autori (Persone)

NessenShawn Christian

LounsburyDave Edmond

HetzStephen P

Disciplina

617.9/9

Soggetti

Surgery, Military - Afghanistan - 21st century

Surgery, Military - Iraq - 21st century

Afghan War, 2001-2021 - Medical care

Iraq War, 2003-2011 - Medical care

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on June 29, 2011).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Prologue. Trauma system development and medical evacuation in the combat theater -- Acute resuscitation and critical care -- Face, neck, and eye trauma -- Head and spine trauma -- Thoracic trauma -- Abdominopelvic trauma -- Soft-tissue trauma and burns -- Orthopaedic trauma -- Vascular trauma -- Special scenarios.