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Peacetime assault-related injuries among soldiers can cause devastating permanent physical incapacity and may be under-reported due to the lack of a national register.
Adolescents and adults with treated congenital heart disease require specialized, multidisciplinary long-term care to manage complex medical, surgical, and psychosocial needs.
May prompt military injury registries; leaves open effects on reporting and prevention.
Peacetime assault-related injuries amongst soldiers are common. Whilst the majority of incidents of assault do not result in permanent physical incapacity, some may be devastating, ruining careers and lives. Here we describe one such injury. There is no national register of such injuries; they may, therefore, be under-reported.
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Thorne et al. (1996) studied this question. Peacetime assault-related injuries among soldiers can cause devastating permanent physical incapacity and may be under-reported due to the lack of a national register.
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