Open AccessThe Future of Orthopedic Surgery in Europe: Orthopedics 2000
Author(s) -
E Morscher,
Т. М. Андреева
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
vestnik travmatologii i ortopedii imeni n.n. priorova
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2658-6738
pISSN - 0869-8678
DOI - 10.17816/vto99606
Subject(s) - orthopedic surgery , medicine , surgery , arthroscopy , arthroplasty , microsurgery , general surgery , spinal surgery , orthopedic procedures
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.