Surgery, Science and Industry: A Revolution in Fracture Care, 1950s-1990s

This book charts the history of the worldwide introduction of an operative treatment method for broken bones, osteosynthesis, by a Swiss-based association, called AO. This book charts the history of the worldwide introduction of an operative treatment method for broken bones, osteosynthesis, by a Swiss-based association, called AO. The success of the close cooperation between the AO''s surgeons, scientists and manufacturers in establishing a complicated and risky technique as a standard treatment sheds light on the mechanisms of medical innovation at the crossroads of surgery, science and industry and the nature of modern medicine in general.

• | Author: T. Schlich
• | Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• | Publication Date: Jun 19, 2002
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• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-13: 9780333993057
• | ISBN-10: 0333993055