U.S. Army Research Reveals Trends in American Combat Injuries During Iraq and ... - Sacramento Bee










An abstract presented today at the American College of Surgeons annual Clinical Congress provided a comprehensive look at all combat wounds in Iraq and Afghanistan during 2005 – 2009. The research showed that 0.4 percent of the almost two million service members deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan during this time period were injured, according to data from the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research's Joint Theater Trauma Registry (JTTR). The abstract data reveals the percentage of combat casualties resulting from explosive mechanisms continues to increase.

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"Having JTTR data available to analyze not only provides a historical record of the evolving nature of the conflicts, but also helps shape Army Medicine's response and highlights future areas for study," said Capt. Brendan J. McCriskin, M.D., one of the study's authors and an Army resident in the orthopedic surgery and rehabilitation department at William Beaumont Army Medical Center/Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso.

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