Head Face and Neck Surgical Workload From a Contemporary Military Role 3 Medical Treatment Facility
Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States 2021. This work is written by (a) US Government employee(s) and is in the public domain in the US..
INTRODUCTION: Previous analyses of head, face, and neck (HFN) surgery in the deployed military setting have focused on the treatment of injuries using trauma databases. Little has been written on the burden of disease and the requirement for follow-up care. The aim of this analysis was to provide the most comprehensive overview of surgical workload in a contemporary role 3 MTF to facilitate future planning.
METHOD: The operating room database and specialty surgical logbooks from a U.S.-led role 3 MTF in Afghanistan were analyzed over a 5-year period (2016-2020). These were then matched to the deployed surgical TC2 database to identify reasons for treatment and a return to theatre rate. Operative records were finally matched to the deployed Armed Forces Health Longitudinal Technology Application-Theater outpatient database to determine follow up frequency.
RESULTS: During this period, surgical treatment to the HFN represented 389/1989 (19.6%) of all operations performed. Surgery to the HFN was most commonly performed for battle injury (299/385, 77.6%) followed by disease (63/385, 16%). The incidence of battle injury-related HFN cases varied markedly across each year, with 117/299 (39.1%) being treated in the three summer months (June to August). The burden of disease, particularly to the facial region, remained constant throughout the period analyzed (mean of 1 case per month).
CONCLUSIONS: Medical planning of the surgical requirements to treat HFN pathology is primarily focused on battle injury of coalition service personnel. This analysis has demonstrated that the treatment of disease represented 16% of all HFN surgical activities. The presence of multiple HFN sub-specialty surgeons prevented the requirement for multiple aeromedical evacuations of coalition service personnel which may have affected mission effectiveness as well as incurring a large financial burden. The very low volume of surgical activity demonstrated during certain periods of this analysis may have implications for the maintenance of surgical competencies for subspecialty surgeons.
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ErratumIn: Mil Med. 2021 Nov 2;186(11-12):1258. - PMID 34417793 |
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Date Completed 21.03.2022 Date Revised 21.03.2022 published: Print ErratumIn: Mil Med. 2021 Nov 2;186(11-12):1258. - PMID 34417793 Citation Status MEDLINE |
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| 520 | |a INTRODUCTION: Previous analyses of head, face, and neck (HFN) surgery in the deployed military setting have focused on the treatment of injuries using trauma databases. Little has been written on the burden of disease and the requirement for follow-up care. The aim of this analysis was to provide the most comprehensive overview of surgical workload in a contemporary role 3 MTF to facilitate future planning | ||
| 520 | |a METHOD: The operating room database and specialty surgical logbooks from a U.S.-led role 3 MTF in Afghanistan were analyzed over a 5-year period (2016-2020). These were then matched to the deployed surgical TC2 database to identify reasons for treatment and a return to theatre rate. Operative records were finally matched to the deployed Armed Forces Health Longitudinal Technology Application-Theater outpatient database to determine follow up frequency | ||
| 520 | |a RESULTS: During this period, surgical treatment to the HFN represented 389/1989 (19.6%) of all operations performed. Surgery to the HFN was most commonly performed for battle injury (299/385, 77.6%) followed by disease (63/385, 16%). The incidence of battle injury-related HFN cases varied markedly across each year, with 117/299 (39.1%) being treated in the three summer months (June to August). The burden of disease, particularly to the facial region, remained constant throughout the period analyzed (mean of 1 case per month) | ||
| 520 | |a CONCLUSIONS: Medical planning of the surgical requirements to treat HFN pathology is primarily focused on battle injury of coalition service personnel. This analysis has demonstrated that the treatment of disease represented 16% of all HFN surgical activities. The presence of multiple HFN sub-specialty surgeons prevented the requirement for multiple aeromedical evacuations of coalition service personnel which may have affected mission effectiveness as well as incurring a large financial burden. The very low volume of surgical activity demonstrated during certain periods of this analysis may have implications for the maintenance of surgical competencies for subspecialty surgeons | ||
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