title: [Historical review of the treatment of fractures. Contribution of the Belgian surgery to the origin and development of osteosynthesis].
abstract: The word osteosynthesis was proposed by A. Lambotte in 1904. His definition, given in 1908, is still valid today: "Osteo-synthesis is the artificial contention of the bone fragments of fractures, by special devices acting directly on bones, exposed or not, with the aim to strongly fix them in their original position". The authors review the methods of contention before the invention of osteosynthesis and later the developments of bone fixation techniques. They insist in particular on the durable innovations of various pioneers including A. Lambotte, R. Danis, R. Hoffmann and G. Küntscher. The School of Brussels has been implicated in the developments and conceptualisation of osteo-synthesis.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Orthopédie-Traumatologie, Hôpital Erasme, Cliniques Universitaires de Bruxelles, 808 Route de Lennik, B-1070 Bruxelles, Belgique. yves.andrianne@skynet.be
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Andrianne
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hinsenkamp
mesh_terms: D001530:Belgium; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000266:history* / Q000295:instrumentation; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000266:history* / Q000601:surgery*; D049668:History, 15th Century; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D009985:Orthopedics / Q000266:history*