Winner of the Frank Horan essay prize: the effect of war on the evolution of the treatment of open fractures.
This paper outlines the history of advances made in the treatment of open fractures that have occurred during wartime.
Trauma and Orthopaedic Department, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4SA, UK. phindle@doctors.org.uk
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D005592:Fracture Fixation / Q000266:history / Q000379:methods; D005597:Fractures, Open / Q000266:history* / Q000628:therapy; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000266:history*; D014857:Warfare