Survival after traumatic brain injury improves with deployment of neurosurgeons: a comparison of US and UK military treatment facilities during the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts

INTRODUCTION: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the most common cause of death on the modern battlefield. In recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, the US typically deployed neurosurgeons to medical treatment facilities (MTFs), while the UK did not. Our aim was to compare the incidence, TBI and tre...

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Autores principales: Breeze, John, Bowley, Douglas M, Harrisson, Stuart E, Dye, Justin, Neal, Christopher, Bell, Randy S, Armonda, Rocco A, Beggs, Andrew D, DuBose, Jospeh, Rickard, Rory F, Powers, David Bryan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2020
Materias:
Neurosurgery
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7147183/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32034113
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2019-321723

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7147183/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32034113
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2019-321723

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