title: History of arthroscopy.
abstract: Arthroscopy has developed as one of the branches of former cystoscopy. During the past 200 years a few people have made invaluable contributions to development of arthroscopy (Bozzini, Takagi, Watanabe...) After the World War II scientific and technological progress was so fast that arthroscopy proved to be a valuable tool in orthopedics, not only as a diagnostic, but also as a therapeutic procedure.
authors.affiliation: Klinika za decju hirurgiju, Instituto Canario de Ortopedia y Traumatologia, Institut za zdravstvenu zastitu dece i omladine, Novi Sad. d.maric@eunet.yu
authors.forename: Dusan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Marić
authors.forename: Gerardo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Garces
authors.forename: Armando
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Martinez
authors.forename: Lazar
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Petković
mesh_terms: D001182:Arthroscopy / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans