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J Am Acad Orthop Surg, Vol 14, No 10, September 2006, S183-S187.
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The United States Armed Forces Amputee Patient Care Program

LTC Donald Gajewski, MD, MC and COL Robert Granville, MD, MC

Dr. Gajewski is Director, Surgical Services, Amputee Care Program, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC. Dr. Granville is Director, Amputee Services, Medical Corps, US Army, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, TX.

None of the following authors or the departments with which they are affiliated has received anything of value from or owns stock in a commercial company or institution related directly or indirectly to the subject of this article: Dr. Gajewski and Dr. Granville.

The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Department of Defense, nor the U.S. Government.

United States military amputees are treated at either Walter Reed Army Medical Center (Washington, DC) or Brooke Army Medical Center (Fort Sam Houston, TX). At each center, a multidisciplinary team from more than a dozen specialties works together to address the psychological, social, vocational, and spiritual needs of our soldiers, marines, sailors, and airmen, as well as their physical rehabilitation. Excellent outcomes are being achieved with the current practices of the Armed Forces Amputee Care Program, but a great deal of evidence-based research must be done to determine the optimal time to close the wound, the etiology of heterotopic ossification in blast injury, the factors determining optimal socket design, and the best sequence and timing for introduction of different prosthetic technologies in the rehabilitation process.






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