Editing Iran–Iraq War (section)

===Science and technology===
The war had its impact on medical science: a surgical intervention for comatose patients with penetrating [[traumatic brain injury|brain injuries]] was [[science and technology in Iran#Medical sciences|created by Iranian physicians]] treating wounded soldiers, later establishing [[neurosurgery]] guidelines to treat civilians who had suffered blunt or penetrating skull injuries.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/health/la-xpm-2011-jan-24-la-he-medical-advances-20110124-story.html|title=Advances in treatment help more people survive severe injuries to the brain|last=Healy|first=Melissa|date=2011-01-24|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|issn=0458-3035|access-date=2016-10-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013082653/http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jan/24/health/la-he-medical-advances-20110124|archive-date=13 October 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Iranian physicians' experience in the war informed the medical care of U.S. congresswoman [[Gabby Giffords]] after the [[2011 Tucson shooting]].<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Amirjamshidi|first1=Abbass|title=Minimal debridement or simple wound closure as the only surgical treatment in war victims with low-velocity penetrating head injuries: indications and management protocol based upon more than 8 years follow-up of 99 cases from Iran–Iraq conflict|journal=Surgical Neurology|date=2003|volume=60|issue=2|pages=105–110; discussion 110–111|doi=10.1016/S0090-3019(03)00358-6|pmid=12900110}}</ref>

In addition to helping trigger the Persian Gulf War, the Iran–Iraq War also contributed to Iraq's defeat in the Persian Gulf War. Iraq's military was accustomed to fighting the slow moving Iranian infantry formations with artillery and static defences, while using mostly unsophisticated tanks to gun down and shell the infantry and overwhelm the smaller Iranian tank force; in addition to being dependent on [[weapons of mass destruction]] to help secure victories. Therefore, they were rapidly overwhelmed by the high-tech, quick-manoeuvring [[Coalition of the Gulf War|Coalition forces]] using modern doctrines such as [[AirLand Battle]].<ref name="Dunn 1998" />