Introduction In the United States, injuries account for approximately 10,000 childhood fatalities every year. Unintentional injury results in one in four pediatric medical visits, and the direct cost of these injuries is estimated to be over $50 billion annually. Vascular…
Historical perspective In 1906, José Goyanes from Spain first resected a traumatic popliteal artery aneurysm and used the adjacent popliteal vein to reconstruct the popliteal artery with an interposition graft. He is thus credited with the description of the first…
In contrast to set-piece wars of the past, modern warfare is characterized by a “nonlinear” battlefield with intermittent engagements of an elusive enemy. Soldiers wear advanced protective gear including helmets, ballistic eyewear, ceramic torso plates, and Kevlar neck, arm, and…