Extremity War Injuries IX: Reducing Disability Within the Military

• Published in: Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Vol. 23; no. 8; pp. e13 - e26
• Main Authors: Andersen, COL Romney C, Schmidt, Andrew H, Fitzgerald, CAPT Brian T, Tintle, LCDR Scott M, Helgeson, MAJ Melvin D, Lehman, LTC Ronald A, Davila, COL Jeffrey N, Potter, Benjamin K, Burns, MAJ Travis C, Swiontkowski, Marc F, Ficke, COL James R
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: United States by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc 01-08-2015; American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
• Subjects: Care and treatment; Conferences, meetings and seminars; Disability Evaluation; Extremities (Anatomy); Extremities - injuries; Humans; Injuries; Military medicine; Military Personnel; War-Related Injuries; Wounded military personnel; United States; spinal cord injury; EWI IX; amputations; extremity war injuries IX; allotransplantation; cartilage defects
• ISSN: 1067-151X; 1940-5480
• DOI: 10.5435/JAAOS-D-15-00205

Extremity War Injury Symposium IX focused on reducing disability within the military, centering on cartilage defects, amputations, and spinal cord injury. Many areas of upper and lower extremity trauma and disability were discussed, including segmental nerve injuries, upper extremity allotransplantation, and the importance of patient-reported functional outcomes compared with the traditionally reported measures. Strategic planning addressed progression toward clinical solutions by setting clear objectives and goals and outlining pathways to address the “translation gap” that often prevents bridging of basic science to clinical application.