Extremity Injury and War: A Historical Reflection
Journal: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
Year: 2015

Introduction Medical research and science in the 20th century have transformed the gruesome realities of war: Whereas before, a battlefield injury was associated with a high likelihood of death, most injured combatants now survive their injuries. However, even as advances in orthopaedic surgery have improved the lives of those injured in war, it is fair to say that the necessities of war have advanced the specialty. David LeVay, the prominent British orthopaedic surgeon and historian of orthopae