War Wounds

Abstract
Care of Specific War Wounds Arteries.35 The successful primary repair of wounds of major peripheral arteries represents the most significant advance in the care of the wounded that has occurred in the Korean conflict. Some patients with wounds of major arteries in the body cavities do not survive long enough to receive treatment; however, this is not so in the periphery, where the surrounding tissues limit the amount of blood that is lost. In a recent series in Korea, Jahnke and Seeley35 reported only 1 early anastomotic failure in the repair of 33 consecutive major peripheral arterial injuries. The . . .

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