Maintaining Surgical Readiness While Deployed to Low-Volume Military Treatment Facilities: A Pilot Program for Clinical and Operational Sustainment Training in the Deployed Environment.

Introduction: Maintaining readiness among Army surgeons is increasingly challenging because of declining operative experience during certain deployments. Novel solutions should be considered.

Materials And Methods: A pilot program was conducted to rotate surgical teams from a military treatment facility with a low volume of combat casualty care to one with a higher volume.