The last days: The medical response of United States and allied military teams during the Afghanistan Exodus.

Objectives: The objective of this study is to describe the United States and allied military medical response during the withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Background: The military withdrawal from Afghanistan concluded with severe hostilities resulting in numerous civilian and military casualties. The clinical care provided by coalition forces capitalized on decades of lessons learned and enabled unprecedented accomplishments.

Predicting wound healing rates and survival with the use of automated serial evaluations of burn wounds.

Healing of burn wounds is necessary for survival; however tracking progression or healing of burns is an inexact science. Recently, the relationship of mortality and wound healing has been documented with a software termed WoundFlow. The objective of the current study was to confirm various factors that impact burn wound healing, as well as to establish a timeline and rate of successful healing.

Effect of combined nicotine and shrapnel exposure on pain measures and gait after nerve injury.

A significant fraction of military soldiers sustain nerve injury and use tobacco or nicotine containing products. Healing of nerve injuries is influenced by many factors, such as degree of original injury, healing potential of the nerve, and general health of patient. However, recently, it has been demonstrated that the presence of retained insoluble metal fragments decreases healing.