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Canica Inc.
New Surgical Device Saves Lives and Limbs on Iraq's Front Lines
May 12th, 2008
Results of an independent clinical study conducted by U.S. Army combat support surgeons in Baghdad show that a new medical device used to close a type of surgical wound more quickly is saving lives and limbs of soldiers and civilians. A team of battle zone surgeons led by Maj. Niten Singh, M.D. working in the 28th Combat Support Hospital in Baghdad during Operation Iraqi Freedom, used Canica(R) Inc.'s ABRA(R) Surgical Skin Closure System to successfully implement a new surgical regimen called dynamic wound closure (DWC). Described in a paper published in The American Surgeon, the procedure applies gentle but continuing tension uniformly across a wound for a period of a few...
Source: Hematology Week (2008-05-12)
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