Abstract
Writing about the concept of Osteosynthesis, and its practice, preceded the 1958 creation of the AO. Maurice Müller had set down the first written instructions on Osteosynthesis in 1951, while at the hospital in Fribourg and following his visit to Danis. As the AO group started to take up its work, it was again Müller who created the well-known instruction sheets (Merkblätter in German), which were carefully reviewed by all AO members and regularly amended to include their commentary. They carried the title Operative Frakturbehandlung, or Internal Fixation, which would become the title of the AO’s first full textbook.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Notes
- 1.
Schlich (2002), p. 76.
- 2.
Müller et al. (1963).
- 3.
Lambotte (1907).
- 4.
Danis (1949).
- 5.
Böhler (1929).
- 6.
Müller et al. (1969).
- 7.
Müller et al. (1970).
- 8.
J. Schatzker, interview conducted on 9 December, 2016, in Davos.
- 9.
Schlich (2002), p. 79.
- 10.
Weber (1966).
- 11.
Brunner and Weber (1982).
- 12.
Heim and Pfeiffer (1972).
- 13.
Heim and Pfeiffer (1988).
References
Böhler, L. (1929). Technik der Knochenbruchbehandlung. Wien: Maudrich.
Brunner, C. F., & Weber, B. G. (1982). Special techniques in internal fixation. Berlin: Springer.
Danis, R. (1949). Théorie et pratique de l’ostéosynthèse. Paris: Masson.
Heim, U., & Pfeiffer, K. M. (1972). Periphere Osteosynthesen unter Verwendung des Kleinfragment-Instrumentariums der AO. Berlin: Springer.
Heim, U., & Pfeiffer, K. M. (1988). Internal fixation of small fractures (3rd ed.). Berlin: Springer.
Lambotte, A. (1907). L’Intervention Opératoire dans les Fractures Récentes et Anciennes. Brussels: Lamertin.
Müller, M. E., Allgöwer, M., Schneider, R., & Willenegger, H. (1969). Manual der Osteosynthese, AO-Technik. Berlin: Springer.
Müller, M. E., Allgöwer, M., & Willenegger, H. (1963). Technik der Operativen Frakturenbehandlung. Heidelberg: Springer.
Müller, M. E., Allgöwer, M., & Willenegger, H. (1970). Manual of internal fixation (trans: Schatzker, J.). Heidelberg: Springer.
Schlich, T. (2002). Surgery, science, and industry. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Weber, B. G. (1966). Die Verletzung des Oberen Sprunggelenkes. Berne: Huber.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2019 Springer Nature Switzerland AG
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Jeannet, JP. (2019). Publishing the AO Philosophy. In: Leading a Surgical Revolution. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01980-8_28
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01980-8_28
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-01979-2
Online ISBN: 978-3-030-01980-8
eBook Packages: Business and ManagementBusiness and Management (R0)