title: United States military surgical response to modern large-scale conflicts: the ongoing evolution of a trauma system.
abstract: This article provides a brief description of the evolution of military trauma surgical care since Operation Desert Storm and the ongoing evolution of the trauma system in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
authors.affiliation: Madigan Army Medical Center, 9040 Fitzsimmons Avenue, Fort Lewis, Tacoma, WA 98431, USA. alec.beekley@amedd.army.mil
authors.forename: Alec C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Beekley
mesh_terms: D047830:Gulf War; D006772:Hospitals, Military / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006775:Hospitals, Packaged; D006801:Humans; D007493:Iraq; D008887:Military Medicine; D009873:Operating Rooms / Q000458:organization & administration; D014187:Transportation of Patients; D014194:Traumatology / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States; D014857:Warfare; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000601:surgery*