We present a series of patients who have had secondary reconstruction of war injuries to the upper and lower limbs, sustained during the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts. All patients were seen at the combined Peripheral Nerve Injuries Clinic at the Defence Medical Centre for Rehabilitation, Headley Court. All surgery was performed at Odstock Hospital. Procedures include scar excision and neurolysis (all patients), release of scar contractures, tenolysis, tendon transfers, revision nerve grafts, excision of neuroma, and soft tissue reconstruction using pedicled or free flaps.Introduction and aims
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To discover how the management of traumatic anterior shoulder dislocation in the young patient (17-25) has changed, if at all, over the past six years. The same postal questionnaire was sent in 2002 and 2009 to 164 shoulder surgeons. Questions were asked about initial reduction, investigation undertaken, timing of surgery, preferred stabilisation procedure, period of immobilisation and rehabilitation programme instigated in first-time and recurrent traumatic dislocators.Aims
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