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La atenci車n a combatientes con lesiones por congelaci車n sufridas durante la batalla de Teruel, desarrollada en condiciones meteorol車gicas extremas y temperaturas de hasta veinte grados bajo cero, supuso la etapa de mayor actividad asistencial y tasas de ocupaci車n m芍s altas en los hospitales militares navarros durante toda la contienda civil de 1936-1939. De noviembre de 1937 a marzo de 1938 se registraron en los establecimientos de la provincia m芍s de 375 casos de congelaci車n, entre los que predominaban las gangrenas secas con afectaci車n parcial de la extremidad inferior, lo que popularmente se denomin車 %26quot;pies de Teruel%26quot;. Algunos facultativos, conscientes de la excepcionalidad de la casu赤stica, registraron estad赤sticas, casos cl赤nicos e impresiones personales sobre la evoluci車n de las lesiones y la efectividad de sus tratamientos. En ellos, emplearon f芍rmacos, t谷cnicas quir迆rgicas y procedimientos terap谷uticos novedosos en el tratamiento de esta afecci車n y poco difundidos en el entorno m谷dico del momento. Sin embargo, la limitaci車n temporal del problema, los resultados poco concluyentes de los tratamientos y las opiniones controvertidas sobre su efectividad, cuestiones que se analizan en este art赤culo, limitaron la repercusi車n m谷dica posterior de las experiencias sobre congelaciones desarrolladas durante la etapa b谷lica turolense. The care of combatants with lesions caused by frostbite during the battle of Teruel, which was fought in extreme weather conditions and in temperatures as low as twenty degrees below zero, was the period of greatest medical activity and the highest rates of occupation in the military hospitals of Navarre during the civil war of 1936-1939. From November 1937 to March 1938, 375 cases of frostbite were registered in the provincial establishments, amongst which there was a predominance of cases of dry gangrene partially affecting the lower extremity, which was popularly known as %26quot;Teruel feet%26quot;. Some of the medical staff, conscious of the exceptional nature of the casuistry, registered statistics, clinical cases and personal impressions of the evolution of the lesions and the effectiveness of the treatments. In treating this affectation they employed medicines, surgical techniques and novel therapeutic procedures that were not widely used in the medical milieu of the time. However, the limited duration of the problem, the inconclusive results of the treatments and the differing opinions on their effectiveness -questions that are considered in this article- restricted the subsequent medical repercussion of the experiences of frostbite
