The Future of Orthopedic Surgery in Europe: Orthopedics 2000

In the past 30 years, of all surgical specialties, orthopedics has shown the largest increase in the number of surgeons and the number of operations performed. It has significantly contributed to the improvement of the quality of life, and this becomes its main task. During this period, not only were more orthopedic operations performed, but the type of surgical intervention itself changed. In the 1960s, internal fixation of fractures and arthroplasty took the first place, in the 1970s there was a revolution in diagnostic arthroscopy and reconstructive surgery of ligaments, especially the knee joint, in the 1980s, operative arthroscopy, spinal surgery and microsurgery were mainly developed.