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War Surgery in Afghanistan and Iraq, with a foreword by Bob Woodruff, describes the management of nearly 100 cases of acute comat trauma, conducted in the forward austere operative environment of war in the 21st century. Presented with vivid surgical photos, the cases encompass the spectrum of trauma that characterizes war today, as well as the medical interventions constantly evolving to treat these wounds. With the most recent cases report from cobat hospitals within months of publication, this book presents emerging medical-surgical practice in real time. The authors discuss in detail an array of topics including: * Damage control surgery * Aggressive management of compartment syndrome * New directions in the management of head injuries * Use of tourniquets, * Decision analysis in the approach to vascular repairs and * Soft-tissue coverage of wounds. War Surgery in Afghanistan and Iraq provides all medical professionals with insight into the extraordinary technical, clinical, and ethical challenges of their deployed colleagues.

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JAMA, American Medical Association dated November 5, 2008 by Thomas M. Scalea, MD, Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore <br> The organization of the book is unique and easy to comprehend. The case presentations are quite succinct. Teaching points as well as clinical implications are highlighted to make them easy to follow and to aid in understanding the important lessons. . . . <br> The book becomes almost a tutorial essay of what can and should be done when delivering trauma care on the battlefield. To my knowledge, no similar book has ever been put together to help educate civilian trauma practitioners. . . . <br> I enjoyed the opportunity to review this book and enthusiastically recommend it to all readers interested in injury care. <br>

<p>Publication: Medicine, Conflict, and Survival, June 2010 issue<p>Review Article citation: van Bergen, Leo, de Mare, Heidi and Meijman, Frans J.(2010) 'From Goya to Afghanistan - an essay on the ratio and ethics of medical war pictures', Medicine, Conflict and Survival, 26: 2, 124 - 144 <p> We performed a multidisciplinary analysis of War Surgery (2008), a book containing harsh, full-colour photographs of mutilated soldiers from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Our analysis shows that, within the medical context, this book is a major step forward in medical war communication and documentation. In the military context the book can be conceived as an attempt to put matters right given the enormous sacrifice some individuals have suffered. For the public, the relationship between the 'reality' and 'truth' of such photographs is ambiguous, because only looking at the photographs without reading the medical context is limiting. If the obsdrver is not familiar with medical practice,

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Shawn Christian Nessen, DO, FACS, LTC, MC, U.S. Army Dr. Nesen is a graduate of Idaho State University in Pocatello and the College of Osteopathic Medicine at Des Moines University in Des Moines, Iowa. He did his general surgery residency at William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso, Texas. In year 2003, he served as a staff surgeon with the 10th and 28th Cobat Support Hospitals in Iraq. As this book went to press, LTC Nesen was completing a 15-month deployment as Commander of the 541st FST (ABN) in Afghanistan. Dave Edmond Lounsbury, MD, FACP, COL, MC, U.S. Army (Ret.) Dr. Lounsbury is a graduate of Bates College in Lewiston, Maine and the University of Vermont College of Medicine in Burlington, Vermont. He did his residency training in medicine and neurology at Letterman Army Medical Center in San Francisco, California. He was assigned to the 300th Field Hospital (EPW) in the first Gulf War (1991) and served as Brigade Surgeon in the Balkans (UNPREDEP) in the winter of 1995-1996. In year 2003, Colonel Lounsbury was the Deputy Commander of the 10th Combat Support Hospital in Kuwait. He retired from the U.S. Army Medical Department in year 2005. Dr. Lounsbury is presently Developmental/Consulting Editor at the Borden Institute at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. Stephen P. Hetz, MD, FACS, COL, MC, U.S. Army (Ret.) Dr. Hetz is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland. He did his general surgery residency at Dwight David Eisenhower Army Medical Center in Augusta, Georgia. In the first Gulf War (1991), he served as a staff surgeon with the 12th U.S. EVAC Hospital. In year 2004, Dr, Hertz was Commander of the 31st Combat Support Hospital in Balad, Iraq. He retired from the U.S. Army in year 2006. Dr. Hertz remains on the general surgery teaching staff and is the Director of Medical Education at William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso, Texas.

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