
Dr. Lorne Howar Blackbourne MD
Surgeon | Surgical Critical Care
3851 Roger Brooke Dr Brooke Army Medical San Antonio TX, 78234About
Dr. Lorne Blackbourne is a general surgeon practicing in San Antonio, TX. Dr. Blackbourne specializes in abdominal contents including the esophagus, stomach, liver, gallbladder, pancreas and often thyroid glands. General surgeons are able to deal with almost any surgical or critical care emergency, also involving the skin or soft tissue trauma. Dr. Blackbourne provides quality surgical service for gravely ill or injured patients and is able to respond quickly due to knowledge of various surgical procedures.
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS- Surgical Critical Care
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Pro/con clinical debate: antibiotics are important in the management of patients with pancreatitis with evidence of pancreatic necrosis.
- Recent trends in the management of combined pancreatoduodenal injuries.
- Combat damage control surgery.
- The next generation of combat casualty care.
- The warrior's combat surgeon: COL (ret.) John B. Holcomb, MD, FACS--US Army 1985-2008.
- Identification of cutaneous functional units related to burn scar contracture development.
- Longterm outcomes after combat casualty emergency department thoracotomy.
- Resuscitation of severely burned military casualties: fluid begets more fluid.
- Impact of joint theater trauma system initiatives on battlefield injury outcomes.
- Characterization of craniomaxillofacial battle injuries sustained by United States service members in the current conflicts of Iraq and Afghanistan.
- Total intravenous anesthesia on the battlefield.
- Aggressive proactive combat damage control surgery.
- Fresh frozen plasma.
- Defining combat damage control surgery.
- US Army split forward surgical team management of mass casualty events in Afghanistan: surgeon performed triage results in excellent outcomes.
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