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‘The war changed everything’: Surgeons share lessons learned from Ukraine

‘The war changed everything’: Surgeons share lessons learned from Ukraine

American College of Surgeons, October 21, 2022

Six surgeons directly involved in caring for injured patients during the war in Ukraine shared their experiences Wednesday, Oct. 19, during the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Clinical Congress 2022 in San Diego. "We're not done improving medical and surgical care and burns until there are no deaths, no scars, and no pain. We're not there yet. We cannot be satisfied with the status quo," said Steven E. Wolf, MD, FACS, professor and chief, division of burn and trauma surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston.

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‘The war changed everything’: Surgeons share lessons learned from Ukraine

‘The war changed everything’: Surgeons share lessons learned from Ukraine

American College of Surgeons, October 21, 2022

Six surgeons directly involved in caring for injured patients during the war in Ukraine shared their experiences Wednesday, Oct. 19, during the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Clinical Congress 2022 in San Diego. "We're not done improving medical and surgical care and burns until there are no deaths, no scars, and no pain. We're not there yet. We cannot be satisfied with the status quo," said Steven E. Wolf, MD, FACS, professor and chief, division of burn and trauma surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston.

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