How the US Army Forged Hand Surgery

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作者
Dunn, John C. [1 ]
Lenhart, Martha K. [1 ]
Higgins, James P. [2 ]
Nesti, Leon J. [1 ]
机构
[1] Walter Reed Natl Mil Med Ctr, Bethesda, MD USA
[2] MedStar Union Mem Hosp, Curtis Natl Hand Ctr, 3333 North Calvert St, Baltimore, MD 21218 USA
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Fellowship training; hand surgery history; military surgery; SPECIALTY;
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10.1016/j.jhsa.2019.10.008
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R826.8 [整形外科学]; R782.2 [口腔颌面部整形外科学]; R726.2 [小儿整形外科学]; R62 [整形外科学(修复外科学)];
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As the United States plunged into World War II, the surgeon general, Norman T. Kirk, scrambled to care for the complex hand injuries sustained in combat. To remedy this problem, Major General Kirk appointed Sterling Bunnell, a general surgeon and a World War I veteran with a keen interest in hand injuries, to serve as the consultant to the Secretary of War. Kirk and Bunnell formed 9 US military hand centers that treated 22,000 hand injuries in World War II. Bunnell and his pupils would later form the nucleus of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand. Through Dr. Bunnell's expertise, skillful care, dedication to teaching, and love of country, US hand surgery was born. Copyright (C) 2020 by the American Society for Surgery of the Hand. All rights reserved.
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页码:354 / 357
页数:4
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