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Monday, December 13, 2004
Amputation rate for US troops twice that of past wars 
US troops injured in Iraq have required limb amputations at twice the rate of past wars, and as many as 20 percent have suffered head and neck injuries that may require a lifetime of care, according to new data giving the clearest picture yet of the severity of battlefield wounds.Doctors cite need for prosthetics as more lives saved Technology to the rescue. 
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