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The purpose of this study was to evaluate advanced soft tissue coverage procedures performed on the lower extremity over the previous decade on military and civilian trauma patients at a Department of Defense Level 1 trauma center to provide data that can be used to guide future training efforts.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Materials and Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>The electronic surgical record system was searched for cases that utilized advanced soft tissue coverage (rotational and free flaps) to the lower extremity. The date of treatment, indication, procedure performed, and military\/civilian patient designation were recorded. The data was categorized between military and civilian cases, rotational versus free flap, and indication and then charted over time. It was assessed as moving averages over a 12-month period. Statistically distinct periods were then identified.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>From January 2006 to March 2015, 132 advanced soft tissue coverage procedures were performed on the lower extremity (100 military, 32 civilian). Military soft tissue coverage data demonstrated peaks in 2007 and late 2011 to late 2012, averaging 6.5 (3.5\u20139.6) and 4.5 (3.2\u20135.8) per quarter, respectively. There were two low periods, from 2008 to mid-2010 and from mid-2012 to the end of the study, averaging 1.1 (0.6\u20131.6) and 1.8 (1.1\u20132.6) cases per quarter, respectively. Civilian procedures averaged 0.9 per quarter (0.5\u20131.2) throughout the study, but notably were equal to the number of military procedures by the last quarter of 2013 at 2.0 (1.2\u20132.8 civilian, 0.8\u20133.1 military).<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>This data supports prior identified trends in military cases correlating increased number of procedures with increased combat activity related to the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2007 and 2011, respectively. The data showed relative stability in the numbers of civilian procedures with a slight uptrend beginning in mid-2012. A comparison after mid-2012 shows military procedures declining and civilian procedures increasing to eventually become equivalent at the end of the data collection. These trends follow previously reported data on tibia fracture fixation procedures and lower extremity amputations for the same time periods. These data demonstrate the importance of the civilian trauma mission for maintaining surgical skills relevant to limb salvage, such as rotational and free flaps, during a low-volume combat casualty flow era.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/milmed\/usaa054","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,4,1]],"date-time":"2020-04-01T14:16:38Z","timestamp":1585750598000},"page":"e1235-e1239","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Being Prepared for the Next Conflict Part II: Case Analysis of a Military Level 1 Trauma Center"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"185","author":[{"given":"Thomas T","family":"Wood","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Keesler Medical Center, 301 Fisher Street, Keesler AFB, MS 39534"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Haydn J","family":"Roberts","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedics, University of Arizona-Tucson, 1501 N. 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