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History of Arthroscopy

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The development of arthroscopic surgery can be regarded as one of the milestones in orthopedic surgery within the twentieth century, along with joint arthroplasty and the open reduction and internal fixation of fractures.

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  1. Center of Experimental Orthopaedics, Saarland University Medical Center, Kirrberger Straße, Building 37, 66421, Homburg/Saar, Germany

    Lars Goebel & Henning Madry

  2. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Saarland University Medical Center, Kirrberger Straße, Building 37, 66421, Homburg/Saar, Germany

    Lars Goebel & Henning Madry

  3. Cartilage Net of the Greater Region, University of the Greater Region, 66421, Homburg/Saar, Germany

    Lars Goebel & Henning Madry

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  1. San Donato Milanese, Milano, Italy

    Pietro Randelli

  2. Lyon, France

    David Dejour

  3. Academic Med Ctr, Orthopedic Surger, Univ of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    C. Niek van Dijk

  4. Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano, Milan, Italy

    Matteo Denti

  5. Dept Orthopedic Surgery & Sports Meds, Ctr Hospitalier Clinique d’Eich, Luxemburg, Luxembourg

    Romain Seil

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Goebel, L., Madry, H. (2016). History of Arthroscopy. In: Randelli, P., Dejour, D., van Dijk, C., Denti, M., Seil, R. (eds) Arthroscopy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-49376-2_1

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