Comments on: Rescue at Sea https://navalhistorytoday.net/2023/08/30/rescue-at-sea/ Naval History Stories Wed, 30 Aug 2023 18:39:58 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 By: David M Lichtman MD, Rear Admiral US Navy (Retired) https://navalhistorytoday.net/2023/08/30/rescue-at-sea/#comment-24 Wed, 30 Aug 2023 18:39:58 +0000 https://navalhistorytoday.net/?p=581#comment-24 As a retired Navy orthopedic hand surgeon, I want to thank you for publishing this remarkable story. At the time of this incident, I was the commander of the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda (now Walter Reed Military Medical Center). However, in the early 1980’s, as chief of orthopedics at NH Oakland, I established a tri-service training center for microsurgery. I don’t know for sure, but I hope this training directly or indirectly contributed to the skills of the San Diego surgical team. At Oakland, we were fortunate enough to return four active duty servicemen (including an F-14 pilot!) back to full duty after performing big toe-to-thumb transfers on them after sustaining previous thumb amputations.

David M Lichtman MD
Rear Admiral US Navy (Retired)
usno8@icloud.com

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