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Body Casts in WWII: A Historical Perspective on Medical Device Related Pressure Ulcers

Jan 9, 2016

  Surgeons and medics apply a plaster-of-paris body cast on an injured soldier.  Photo courtesy of the New York Public Library.  During WWII, the incidence of pressure ulcers in young injured soldiers increased as a result of plaster body casts and immobilization...

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