WOUNDS RECEIVED IN BATTLE

Metabolic effects of injury; studies of the plasma non-protein nitrogen components in patients with severe battle wounds.

"ilizarov method in treatment of tibial and femoral infected non-:union:s in pateitnes with high-energy trauma and battle-field wounds"

this study was performed to evaluate the results of 14 years of application of ilizarov method in treatment of infected non-:union:s of tibia and femur in patients with severe trauma and battlefield wounds. seventeen patients with long bone non:union: (14 were with infected non:union: of tibia out of whom two were associated with tibial bone defects and 3 with infected non-:union: of femur) wer...

Wounds.

A 23-year-old man living in Orange County, California who was involved in a motor vehicle accident suffered a closed both-bone forearm fracture that was treated with open reduction and internal fixation. The patient then developed wound necrosis and abscesses that revealed a pure culture of non-toxigenic Vibrio cholerae. The wound required debridement and excision, which was followed by split-t...

Platform Battle with Lock-in

The heat in the battle

While the financial crisis currently dominates the US presidential election, as in previous election years, major issues of the day include social security, the national retirement fund that is predicted to become bankrupt in 30 years, and access to affordable healthcare, something that currently eludes 47 million American citizens. This year, however, a new issue has come to the fore, one with...