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Some Clinical Factors Involved in the Healing of War Wounds
CPT Martin Seidenstein, MC;
CPT Andrew Newman, MC;
CPT Eugene V. Tanski, MC
AMA Arch Surg. 1968;96(2):176-178.
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THE CONFLICT in Viet Nam has provided surgeons with an opportunity to gain further knowledge of the healing of traumatic injuries. The Seventh Field Hospital arrived in Japan with the mission of supporting the war effort in Viet Nam. Wounds are debrided initially in Viet Nam, and the more seriously injured men are then evacuated for definitive care. The US Army Medical Command, Japan, is directly concerned with the treatment of these evacuees.
This study was devised in order to better understand some of the factors, particularly the wound flora, relating to the healing of these wounds. No attempt was made to review the entire subject comprehensively as this has been accomplished very well in the past.1,2
Method
All patients evacuated from Viet Nam with combat-type wounds were considered for this study. Only those whose stay at the Seventh Field Hospital was completed by the time of tabulation of
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Author Affiliations
USAR; USAR; USAR, Seventh Field Hospital, Japan
From the Surgical Service, Seventh Field Hospital, US Army Medical Command, Japan. Dr. Seidenstein is presently at the Department of Surgery, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn.
Footnotes
Submitted for publication Aug 10, 1967.
Read before the Symposium on War Wounds and Healing at the 116th annual convention of the American Medical Association, Atlantic City, NJ, June 19, 1967.
Reprint requests to Department of Surgery, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, 450 Clarkson Ave, Brooklyn 11203 (Dr. Seidenstein).
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