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Extremity Trauma Research in the United States Army

Dr. Owens is Orthopaedic Surgeon, United States Army Institute of Surgical Research, Fort Sam Houston, TX. Dr. Wenke is Research Physiologist, United States Army Institute of Surgical Research. Dr. Svoboda is Orthopaedic Surgeon, United States Army Institute of Surgical Research. Dr. White is Orthopaedic Surgeon, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii.

None of the following authors has received anything of value from or owns stock in a commercial company or institution related directly or indirectly to the subject of this article: Dr. Owens, Dr. Svoboda, and Dr. White. Dr. Wenke has received research or institutional support from Medical Research and Materiel Command, US Army. Dr. Wenke is an employee of the United States Army Institute of Surgical Research.

The opinions or assertions contained herein are the private views of the authors and are not to be construed as official or reflecting the views of the Department of Defense or United States Government. The authors are employees of the US Government.

Extremity wounds compose the burden of injury in the global war on terrorism, and there is a great need for research to improve the treatment of soldiers who incur these devastating injuries. The mission of the United States Army Institute of Surgical Research is to conduct combat casualty care research in several areas, including explosive injury mechanisms, field tourniquet use, external fixator pin coating, wound irrigation optimization, antibiotic-impregnated bone graft substitutes, segmental muscle defects, and outcomes research. Future research directions include development of bone and soft-tissue regenerative technologies, prevention and treatment of heterotopic ossification, and bacteriology of unique pathogens.

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