MILITARY WOUND CARE Plastic Surgery Challenges in War Wounded
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Anand R. Kumar,* Raymond Harshbarger, and Barry Martin Department of Surgery (Plastic Surgery), Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS), Bethesda, Maryland. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, National Naval Medical Center (NNMC), Bethesda, Maryland. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC), Washington, District of Columbia.
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