Improvised explosive devices: pathophysiology, injury profiles and current medical management.

Early management of proximal traumatic lower extremity amputation and pelvic injury caused by improvised explosive devices (IEDs).

The incidence of pelvic fractures with traumatic lower limb amputation in modern warfare due to improvised explosive devices.

AIMS A frequently-seen injury pattern in current military experience is traumatic lower limb amputation as a result of improvised explosive devices (IEDs). This injury can coexist with fractures involving the pelvic ring. This study aims to assess the frequency of concomitant pelvic fracture in IED-related lower limb amputation. METHODS A retrospective analysis of the trauma charts, medical n...

Combat Helmets and Blast Traumatic Brain Injury

Background: The conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan and the prominence of traumatic brain injury (TBI), mostly from improvised explosive devices, have focused attention on the effectiveness of combat helmets. Purpose: This paper examines the importance of TBI, the role and history of the development of combat helmets, current helmet designs and effectiveness, helmet design methodology, helmet sen...

Injuries and deaths due to victim-activated improvised explosive devices, landmines and other explosive remnants of war in Nepal.

BACKGROUND Following more than a decade of civil conflict, Nepal is among the countries affected by landmines, victim-activated improvised explosive devices (IED) and other explosive remnants of war (ERW). OBJECTIVES To assess the magnitude of injuries due to landmines, victim-activated IED and other ERW in Nepal and to describe epidemiological patterns and risk factors for these events. ME...

In-vehicle extremity injuries from improvised explosive devices: current and future foci.

The conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan have been epitomized by the insurgents' use of the improvised explosive device against vehicle-borne security forces. These weapons, capable of causing multiple severely injured casualties in a single incident, pose the most prevalent single threat to Coalition troops operating in the region. Improvements in personal protection and medical care have resulte...