Eric Elster

Tele-Robotic Surgery for Combat Casualty Care

Objective: These experiments test the feasibility of tele-robotic surgery for the shipboard care of combat casualties. Summary Background Data: Limited research on the effects of telecommunications latency on tele-robotics has been a consistent concern in the growth of tele-robot...

Natural Killer Cell Phenotypic Changes and Activating Receptor Loss Posttrauma

BACKGROUND: Trauma induces significant physiological changes that can lead to substantial morbidity and mortality. Many of these changes alter immune homeostasis, which underlies seemingly disparate syndromes of systemic inflammation and global immune suppression, the causes of w...