title: The deployed military orthopaedic surgeon: experiences of a recent Iowa graduate in Afghanistan.
abstract: Orthopaedic surgeons deployed to Afghanistan are primarily responsible for the provision of care to injured Us and coalition soldiers. A vast and well-coordinated system of echeloned care has evolved to rapidly treat and evacuate injured soldiers. Orthopaedic care of injured Afghan civilians represents a common secondary mission performed by deployed orthopaedic surgeons. In this article, I describe my experiences while deployed to Afghanistan in 2011 as part of the special Operations surgical team.
authors.affiliation: andrew.malin@gmail.com
authors.forename: Andrew S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Malin
authors.forename: Patrick S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Brannan
mesh_terms: D055826:Afghan Campaign 2001-; D006801:Humans; D008887:Military Medicine; D009985:Orthopedics; D014857:Warfare; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000628:therapy*