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THE two World Wars were a great stimulus to the surgery of penetrating wounds of the abdomen. Added to this, the fighting in Korea and Vietnam has added a quota to this problem. The ever-increasing number of roadtraffic accidents produces a certain number of abdominal injuries.
This monograph is in reality a survey of a large number of clinical cases in which surgery was required.
Over the past t o years the mortality rate has gradually but consistently been reduced. The modern techniques in vogue in the treatment of pancreatic and vascular injuries have given much better results. Today the injured patient receives treatment from the time of the injury until he leaves hospital.
Intensive-care units have played their part in the reduction in the mortality rate.
This monograph describes the modern methods of treatment of these abdominal injuries. The total patient care is stressed and the method of adequate transportation is dealt with in considerable detail.
Thoraco-abdominal wounds are considered and treatment discussed.
A very useful monograph on an important subject.
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oldest of the surgical specialities, badly lacked a good history. There was Demos's introductory chapter for the EncyclopLdie franGa$e d'Urologie of 1914, and Bransford Lewis's 'History written for the American Urological Association in 1933, but the one necessitated a long, dusty search and a strug