Green David P, DeLee Jesse C
1Department of Orthopaedics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas.
J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2017 Apr 5;99(7):e32. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.16.00458.
On April 6, 1917, the United States declared war on Germany and entered what was then called the Great War. Among the first officers sent to Europe were 21 orthopaedic surgeons in the so-called First Goldthwait Unit. Prior to the war, orthopaedics had been a nonoperative "strap-and-buckle" specialty that dealt primarily with infections, congenital abnormalities, and posttraumatic deformity. The Great War changed all of that forever, creating a new surgical specialty with emphasis on acute treatment, prevention of deformity, restoration of function, and rehabilitation.
1917年4月6日，美国对德国宣战，进入当时所谓的第一次世界大战。被派往欧洲的首批军官中有21名骨科外科医生，他们隶属于所谓的第一戈德思韦特部队。战前，骨科一直是一个非手术的“绑扎扣合”专业，主要处理感染、先天性畸形和创伤后畸形。第一次世界大战永远改变了这一切，创造了一个新的外科专业，重点在于急性治疗、畸形预防、功能恢复和康复。
