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Military ophthalmology in the Vietnam War

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This overview of the practice of military ophthalmology by US army ophthalmologists during the Vietnam War focuses on administrative management of eye and adnexal injuries, care of the wounded military and of Vietnamese civilians, and research activities. It concludes with improvements that have been subsequently adopted.

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  1. The Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC

    Francis G. La Piana

  2. Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD

    Francis G. La Piana

  3. Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, New York, NY, USA

    Albert Hornblass

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Read at the annual meeting of the Cogan Ophthalmic History Society, the National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland, March 15 and 16, 1996.

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La Piana, F.G., Hornblass, A. Military ophthalmology in the Vietnam War. Doc Ophthalmol 93, 29–48 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02569045

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