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PRELIMINARY REPORT ON INTERNAL DERANGEMENTS OF THE KNEE JOINT TREATED AT AN AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL, AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE ABROAD, TO MAY 31, 1941
Author(s) -
Graham R. V.
Publication year - 1942
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1942.tb02878.x
Subject(s) - medicine , duty , service (business) , general hospital , knee joint , general surgery , surgery , physical therapy , medical emergency , law , economy , political science , economics
S ummary 1. Records of 12S patients operated on for internal derangement of knee joint at an Australian general hospital have been analysed. 2. Of this number at least 104 are fit for active service. 3. A further 15 are fit for service other than with tield formations. 4. One patient lias been found by medical board unfit for service. 5. The average time between operation and discharge to light duty in depot battalion was forty‐two and a half days.