RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 A century of British military neurosurgery
JF Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps
JO J R Army Med Corps
FD British Medical Journal Publishing Group
SP 139
OP 146
DO 10.1136/jramc-2015-000477
VO 162
IS 2
A1 Peter A Stanworth
YR 2016
UL http://militaryhealth.bmj.com/content/162/2/139.abstract
AB At the time of the Boer War in 1899 penetrating head injuries, which formed a large proportion of the battlefield casualties, resulted in almost 100% mortality. Since that time up to the present day, significant improvements in technique, equipment and organisation have reduced the mortality to about 10%.