The role of the first world war in surgery
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- Created on: 31-05-14 10:20
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- The Role of the First World War
- Plastic Surgery
- WW1 - terrible injuries due to shells + burns
- Led to improvements in techniques - skin grafts
- 11,000 plastic surgery operations
- Equipment
- Before WW1 - X-rays used in hospitals
- WW1 X-rays widely used
- Portable machines + installed in all hospitals
- Used to detect bullets + shrapnel deep within the body
- Blood loss
- Led to Blood Transfusions
- Led to Blood Banks
- Antiseptics
- Improved lots of casualties
- By trial & error surgeons developed new techniques
- Cut away infected tissue + soaked in saline solution
- Did surgeons skills really improve?
- High number of casualties
- Lack of facilities at medical hospitals near the front line
- Surgery was quick + basic
- Plastic Surgery
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