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Table 1 The 115 Most Frequently Cited Articles on Combat Orthopedic Trauma and Extremity Injury in the Past 70 Years
(1940–2013)
Rank No. of
Order Article Citation Year Times Cited
1 Owens BD, et al. Characterization of extremity wounds in Operation Iraqi Freedom and 2007 137
Operation Enduring Freedom. J Orthop Trauma. 2007;21:254–257.
2 Coupland RM, Korver A. Injuries from antipersonnel mines—the experience of the International 1991 85
Committee of the Red Cross. BMJ. 1991;303(6816):1509–1512.
3 Cernak I, et al. Blast injury from explosive munitions. J Trauma. 1999;47(1):96–103. 1999 79
4 Kragh JF Jr, et al. Practical use of emergency tourniquets to stop bleeding in major limb trauma. 2008 69
J Trauma. 2008;64(2):S38–S49.
5 Carey ME. Analysis of wounds incurred by US Army Seventh Corps personnel treated in 1996 61
corps hospitals during Operation Desert Storm, February 20 to March 10, 1991. J Trauma.
1996;40(3):S165–S169.
6 Beekley AC, et al. Prehospital tourniquet use in Operation Iraqi Freedom: effect on hemorrhage 2008 59
control and outcomes. J Trauma. 2008;64(2):S28–S36.
7 Clouse WD, et al. In-theater management of vascular injury: 2 years of the Balad Vascular 2007 51
Registry. J Am Coll Surg. 2007;204(4):625–632.
8 Starnes BW, et al. Extremity vascular injuries on the battlefield: tips for surgeons deploying to 2006 39
war. J Trauma. 2006;60(2):432–442.
9 Dorlac WC, et al. Mortality from isolated civilian penetrating extremity injury. J Trauma. 2005 37
2005;59(1):217–222.
10 Forsberg JA, et al. Heterotopic ossification in high-energy wartime extremity injuries: prevalence 2009 36
and risk factors. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2009;91A(5):1084–1091.
11 Fox CJ, et al. The effectiveness of a damage control resuscitation strategy for vascular injury in a 2008 36
combat support hospital: results of a case control study. J Trauma. 2008;64(2):S99–S106.
12 Islinger RB, et al. A review of orthopedic injuries in three recent US military conflicts. Mil Med. 2000 36
2000;165(6):463–465.
13 Murray CK, et al. Prevention and management of infections associated with combat-related 2008 35
extremity injuries. J Trauma. 2008;64(3):S239–S251.
14 Walters TJ, Mabry RL. Issues related to the use of tourniquets on the battlefield. Mil Med. 2005 34
2005;170(9):770–775.
15 Calhoun JH, et al. Multidrug-resistant organisms in military wounds from Iraq and Afghanistan. 2008 33
Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2008;466(6):1356–1362.
16 Stojadinovic A, et al. Responding to challenges in modern combat casualty care: innovative use 2006 32
of advanced regional anesthesia. Pain Med. 2006;7(4):330–338.
17 Masini BD, et al. Resource utilization and disability outcome assessment of combat casualties 2009 31
from Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. J Orthop Trauma.
2009;23(4):261–266.
18 Geiger S, et al. War wounds: lessons learned from Operation Iraqi Freedom. Plast Reconstr 2008 31
Surg. 2008;122(1):146–153.
19 Chambers LW, et al. Tactical surgical intervention with temporary shunting of peripheral 2006 31
vascular trauma sustained during Operation Iraqi Freedom: one unit’s experience. J Trauma.
2006;61(4): 824–830.
20 Dulchavsky SA, et al. Advanced ultrasonic diagnosis of extremity trauma: the faster 2002 30
examination. J Trauma. 2002;53(1):28–32.
21 Keeling JJ, et al. Short-term outcomes of severe open wartime tibial fractures treated with ring 2008 29
external fixation. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2008;90A(12):2643–2651.
22 Celikoz B, et al. Subacute reconstruction of lower leg and foot defects due to high velocity-high 2005 29
energy injuries caused by gunshots, missiles, and land mines. Microsurgery. 2005;25(1):3–14.
23 Fox CJ, et al. Damage control resuscitation for vascular surgery in a combat support hospital. 2008 28
J Trauma. 2008;65(1):1–9.
24 Vournakis JN, et al. The RDH bandage: hemostasis and survival in a lethal aortotomy 2003 28
hemorrhage model. J Surg Res. 2003;113(1):1–5.
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