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War Surgery and Medicine

Late Operations

Late Operations

It was noted that there was an excess of scar and fibrous tissue present in cases treated by the Trueta plaster method early in the war in comparison with cases treated in the latter part of the war by penicillin and delayed primary suture. It was more difficult to carry out reconstructive operations in cases treated by the Trueta method.