Department of the Military Field Surgery celebrates the 90th anniversary

The 90-year history of the department and clinic of military field surgery of the Military Medical Academy, founded in 1931 by an outstanding surgeon, creator of the system of staged treatment of the wounded, V.A.Oppel, is presented as the first such department in the country and in the world. The staff of the Department of Military Field Surgery was outstanding military surgeons M.N.Akhutin, S.I.Banaitis, N.N.Elansky, V.I.Popov, A.N.Berkutov, I.I.Deryabin, I.A.Eryukhin. The purpose of the publication is to show the importance of the Department of Military Field Surgery of the Military Medical Academy in the training of surgical personnel, the formation of military medical doctrine, and the development of methods for providing surgical care to the wounded. The staff of the clinic still provides surgical care to the wounded in modern military conflicts. The Clinic of Military Field Surgery is a level 1 trauma center that provides multidisciplinary emergency care for the most severe and complex wounds and injuries, which allows its specialists to be recognized experts in all sections of injury surgery.

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