Burn care and surgery for facial injuries have advanced during times of war:
But one positive side effect of war can be found in the sheer number of patients with a certain type of injury. In that instance, major advances can be made in medical treatments.
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Facial reconstructive technique was developed largely to treat the large number of soldiers injured in the trenches of the First World War, when evacuation was sufficiently possible to enable injured troops to live long enough to scar. Anaesthetic technique, better drugs and aseptic surgical technique were also significant prerequisites that set the stage for surgical development. The conflict just supplied the large numbers of patients upon whom the techniques could be used.
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