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A History of Orthopedics in Austere Settings

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Orthopedic surgeons have long been involved in teaching and service in low-resource countries. Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), government, and religious organizations have participated over the last 60 years, making the global orthopedic network strong.

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  1. 172 Stillwater Loop Road, Columbus, MT, 59019, USA

    Michelle Foltz MD

  2. World Orthopaedic Concern, 9d The Grove, Highgate Village, London, N6 6JU, UK

    Geoffrey Walker FRCS (Eng and Ed), FCS (Hon), ESCA

  3. Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 4440 Garfield St., Washington, DC, 20007, USA

    James C. Cobey MD, MPH, FACS

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  1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Institute for Global Orthopedics and Traumatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

    Richard A. Gosselin

  2. Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    David A. Spiegel

  3. Columbus, Montana, USA

    Michelle Foltz

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Foltz, M., Walker, G., Cobey, J.C. (2014). A History of Orthopedics in Austere Settings. In: Gosselin, R., Spiegel, D., Foltz, M. (eds) Global Orthopedics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1578-7_1

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