Introduction, Background, and Science -- The International Small Arms Situation: A Public Health Approach -- Guns and Bullets -- Bombs, Mines, Blast, Fragmentation, and Thermobaric Mechanisms of Injury -- Ballistic Protection -- Forensic Aspects of Ballistic Injury -- Ballistic Trauma, Armed Violence, and International Law -- Clinical Care -- Prehospital Care -- Resuscitation and Anesthesia for…
Minimal Incision Approaches to the Hip -- Acetabulum -- Femur -- The Dysplastic Hip -- What is Bone Cement? -- The Mechanical Properties of PMMA Bone Cement -- Testing and Performance of Bone Cements -- Extreme Differences in Properties of Successful Bone Cements -- Antibiotic-Loaded Cement -- The Three Interfaces -- Which Cement Should We Choose for Primary THA? -- The Benefit of Vacuum Mixing…
Basic Sciences, Etiology, Pathomechanics, and Imaging -- Anatomy of Tendons -- Mechanical Properties of Tendons -- Growth and Development of Tendons -- Aging and Degeneration of Tendons -- Epidemiology of Tendon Problems in Sport -- Neurogenic, Mast Cell, and Gender Variables in Tendon Biology: Potential Role in Chronic Tendinopathy -- Imaging of Tendon Ailments -- Anatomical Sites and Presenta…
Session 1 -- The Contribution of Accident Investigation Research to Biomechanics -- Modeling the Effects of Blast on the Human Thorax Using High Strain Rate Viscoelastic Properties of Human Tissue -- Preliminary Analysis of Blunt Ballistic Impacts to the Abdomen -- Development of an Assessment Methodology for Lower Leg Injuries Resulting from Anti-Vehicular Blast Landmines -- Occupant Lower Leg…
Background -- General Philosophy -- A Brief History of Emergency Abdominal Surgery -- Before the Operation -- The Acute Abdomen -- Rational Diagnostic Procedures -- Abdominal Imaging -- Optimizing the Patient -- Pre-operative Antibiotics -- Family, Ethics, Informed Consent and Medicolegal Issues -- Before the Flight: Pre-op Checklist -- The Operation -- The Incision -- Abdominal Exploration: Fi…