Postinjury Care and Complications Among U.S. Military Women With Combat-Related Major Limb Traumatic Amputation

Abstract

Military Community and Family Policy, 2018), and more than 280,000 deployed in support of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan (U.S. Department of Defense, 2013). Although women were previously restricted from ground combat positions and units, many suffered combat-related injuries due to blurred battle lines (e.g., guerilla warfare) (Dye et al., 2016;Karmark, 2016).