Surgery Is Not a Place: Time-to-Scalpel, Surgical Throughput, and Dynamic Load Balancing in Large-Scale Combat Operations

Evan M Baines, Eric Kretz, Jamison P Geracci, Alexander Bowers, Gordon Mok, Mark Sparkman, Ryan Newberry, Joshua Lowe, Ricky Ditzel, Caleb Ellis, Scott Bolleter, Kirsten Lalli, Michael Remley, Jay B Baker, Montane B Silverman, Michael D April, James J Geracci, Ryan P Dumas, Patrick Georgoff, Donald Jenkins, Stacy Shackelford

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DOI: 10.1093/milmed/usag491
Published: 2026-11-06
Container: Military Medicine
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
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@article{allodium:10.1093/milmed/usag491,
  title = {Surgery Is Not a Place: Time-to-Scalpel, Surgical Throughput, and Dynamic Load Balancing in Large-Scale Combat Operations},
  author = {Evan M Baines and Eric Kretz and Jamison P Geracci and Alexander Bowers and Gordon Mok and Mark Sparkman and Ryan Newberry and Joshua Lowe and Ricky Ditzel and Caleb Ellis and Scott Bolleter and Kirsten Lalli and Michael Remley and Jay B Baker and Montane B Silverman and Michael D April and James J Geracci and Ryan P Dumas and Patrick Georgoff and Donald Jenkins and Stacy Shackelford},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Military Medicine},
  doi = {10.1093/milmed/usag491},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usag491}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Surgery Is Not a Place: Time-to-Scalpel, Surgical Throughput, and Dynamic Load Balancing in Large-Scale Combat Operations
AU  - Evan M Baines
AU  - Eric Kretz
AU  - Jamison P Geracci
AU  - Alexander Bowers
AU  - Gordon Mok
AU  - Mark Sparkman
AU  - Ryan Newberry
AU  - Joshua Lowe
AU  - Ricky Ditzel
AU  - Caleb Ellis
AU  - Scott Bolleter
AU  - Kirsten Lalli
AU  - Michael Remley
AU  - Jay B Baker
AU  - Montane B Silverman
AU  - Michael D April
AU  - James J Geracci
AU  - Ryan P Dumas
AU  - Patrick Georgoff
AU  - Donald Jenkins
AU  - Stacy Shackelford
PY  - 2026
JO  - Military Medicine
DO  - 10.1093/milmed/usag491
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usag491
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Baines, E. M., Kretz, E., Geracci, J. P., Bowers, A., Mok, G., Sparkman, M., Newberry, R., Lowe, J., Ditzel, R., Ellis, C., Bolleter, S., Lalli, K., Remley, M., Baker, J. B., Silverman, M. B., April, M. D., Geracci, J. J., Dumas, R. P., Georgoff, P., Jenkins, D., & Shackelford, S. (2026). Surgery Is Not a Place: Time-to-Scalpel, Surgical Throughput, and Dynamic Load Balancing in Large-Scale Combat Operations. Military Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usag491

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