The Surgical Treatment of Extremity Wounds and Non - Penetrating Wounds of the Trunk

From their vast experience, gathered during several wars and from practicing and teaching surgery for many years, the authors suggest some common-sense approaches to the most frequently found extremity and non-penetrating wounds of the trunk encountered in combat. They discuss the first operation, wound excision, wound debn'dement, immobIlization of fractures, the prevention of infection, amputations, management of wounds during evacuation, delayed pn'mary suture and secondary suture. They conclude their paper by pointing out some lessons learned, suggesting some improvements to be made in future armed conflicts.