Humanitarian Surgical Care in the US Military Treatment Facilities in Afghanistan From 2002 to 2013

Sharon R Weeks; John S Oh; Eric A Elster; Peter A Learn

doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2017.3142

Humanitarian Surgical Care in the US Military Treatment Facilities in Afghanistan From 2002 to 2013

JAMA Surg. 2018 Jan 1;153(1):84-86. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2017.3142.

Authors

Sharon R Weeks¹, John S Oh¹, Eric A Elster², Peter A Learn²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland.
² Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland.

Abstract

This study uses the database Patient Administration Systems and Biostatistics Activity to examine the breadth of war-related and non–war-related surgical procedures provided by deployed military surgeons to locals in Afghanistan from 2002 to 2013.

MeSH terms

Adult
Afghan Campaign 2001-
Altruism*
Elective Surgical Procedures / statistics & numerical data
Female
Hospitals, Military*
Humans
Male
Retrospective Studies
Surgical Procedures, Operative / statistics & numerical data*
Uncompensated Care*
United States
Wounds and Injuries / epidemiology
Wounds and Injuries / surgery
Young Adult