Major limb trauma sustained in combat results in significant long-term disability.1 Opportunity exists to integrate the experience accumulated by hundreds of military orthopaedic surgeons during a decade of conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan with the scientific knowledge held by industry in order to reduce the burden of the often devastating spinal and extremity injuries sustained by the warfighter. Collaboration between healthcare providers who manage explosive high-energy injuries and agencies such as the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency could prove to be beneficial in protecting persons who are exposed to such injuries.

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