http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/02/how-war-can-advance-plastic-surgery.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:09:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/02/how-war-can-advance-plastic-surgery.html#comment-72242 Anonymous Mon, 26 Feb 2007 19:24:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/02/how-war-can-advance-plastic-surgery.html#comment-72242 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. 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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