Little is known of the advances in battlefield medicine achieved in Italy before and during the great war. Some deserve wider recognition; this is especially true for the field of neurosurgery. there are a limited number of historical records currently available, fewer still in English, and most of the systematic investigations on field surgery have been in the form of monographs within science history reviews, which obviously lack a strictly clinical perspective. together with shell shock, the gunshot-related traumatic brain injury (GrTBI) is considered one of the typical, or signature, lesions of the great war. It was intrinsically linked to trench and mountain warfare: to view the battlefield from a trench/hiding area, soldiers' heads and necks were repeatedly exposed, therefore making them the most likely target for snipers. military physicians therefore focused their efforts in the clinical and experimental treatment of GrTBI. among notable contributions of the military surgeons of the time, there is a volume of selected war-surgery lectures conserved in the archives of the library of the Italian national academy of military medicine. these lectures shed light over the work of general dr. lorenzo bonomo. his incredibly advanced and modern ideas had unfortunately been forgotten. he pioneered research in the ballistic and forensic medical fields, building on first-hand experience, as he performed surgeries himself before the conflict and even while on the frontline, actively working to improve the chances of survival for the Italian troops fighting in the great war.

Pesce, A., Palmieri, M., Frati, A., Rustia, A., Marrocco, L., Caruso, R., et al. (2020). A Forgotten Tale from the Great War: General Lorenzo Bonomo and the Birth of Italian War Neurosurgery. WORLD NEUROSURGERY, 140, 338-346 [10.1016/j.wneu.2020.05.113].

A Forgotten Tale from the Great War: General Lorenzo Bonomo and the Birth of Italian War Neurosurgery

Pesce, Alessandro;Santoro, Antonio;
2020-01-01

Abstract

Little is known of the advances in battlefield medicine achieved in Italy before and during the great war. Some deserve wider recognition; this is especially true for the field of neurosurgery. there are a limited number of historical records currently available, fewer still in English, and most of the systematic investigations on field surgery have been in the form of monographs within science history reviews, which obviously lack a strictly clinical perspective. together with shell shock, the gunshot-related traumatic brain injury (GrTBI) is considered one of the typical, or signature, lesions of the great war. It was intrinsically linked to trench and mountain warfare: to view the battlefield from a trench/hiding area, soldiers' heads and necks were repeatedly exposed, therefore making them the most likely target for snipers. military physicians therefore focused their efforts in the clinical and experimental treatment of GrTBI. among notable contributions of the military surgeons of the time, there is a volume of selected war-surgery lectures conserved in the archives of the library of the Italian national academy of military medicine. these lectures shed light over the work of general dr. lorenzo bonomo. his incredibly advanced and modern ideas had unfortunately been forgotten. he pioneered research in the ballistic and forensic medical fields, building on first-hand experience, as he performed surgeries himself before the conflict and even while on the frontline, actively working to improve the chances of survival for the Italian troops fighting in the great war.
2020
Pubblicato
Rilevanza internazionale
Recensione
Esperti anonimi
Settore MEDS-15/A - Neurochirurgia
English
Gunshot
Head trauma
High velocity
Traumatic brain injury
WWI
Pesce, A., Palmieri, M., Frati, A., Rustia, A., Marrocco, L., Caruso, R., et al. (2020). A Forgotten Tale from the Great War: General Lorenzo Bonomo and the Birth of Italian War Neurosurgery. WORLD NEUROSURGERY, 140, 338-346 [10.1016/j.wneu.2020.05.113].
Pesce, A; Palmieri, M; Frati, A; Rustia, A; Marrocco, L; Caruso, R; Santoro, A; Wierzbicki, V
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