The History of Combat Orthopedic Surgery

Combat: Orthopedic Surgery: Lessons Learned in Irag and Afghanistan

Volumn , Issue , 2024, Pages 3-12

  Schoenfeld, Andrew J ^a,b  

^a Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso   (United States)

^b Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1201/9781003523222-2     Document Type: Chapter

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