Understanding progressive tissue loss and wound burden in combat casualties: lessons learnt for future operational capability
Staruch, Robert Naumann, D N Wordsworth, M Jeffery, S Rickard, R
Staruch, Robert
Naumann, D N
Wordsworth, M
Jeffery, S
Rickard, R
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Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; University of Oxford; Royal Centre for Defence Medicine; University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust; Aston University
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2024-11-25
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Understanding tissue loss following injury is important due to its prevalence among the war-wounded and the impact it has on subsequent treatment and rehabilitation. Progressive tissue loss is a type of tissue loss that has complicated extremity injury in recent conflicts. It has resulted in more proximal residual limb lengths and has influenced rehabilitation. Quantifying wound burden in combat casualties remains a challenge due to poor quality of data sets that lack the capacity for detailed analysis. The aims of this article are to outline the current hurdles in attempting to quantify wound burden in combat casualties and to propose simple interventions to improve data capture for future analysis.
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Staruch R, Naumann DN, Wordsworth M, Jeffery S, Rickard R. Understanding progressive tissue loss and wound burden in combat casualties: lessons learnt for future operational capability. BMJ Mil Health. 2024 Nov 25;170(6):501-506. doi: 10.1136/military-2022-002227.
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