title: Romanian medicine, European medicine.
abstract: The aim of the present paper is to present the message transmitted by the Presidential Lecture given during the first congress of arthroscopy organised in Romania, in March 2016, by the Romanian Society of Arthroscopy and Sports Trauma (SRATS). The goal was to present the evolution of medical care in Romania over the years, with the remarkable progress made in the first half of the twentieth century and the current status of arthroscopic surgery as seen from the point of view of medical professionals, as well as from a governmental point of view.
authors.affiliation: Foisor Orthopaedics Clinical Hospital, 35-37 Ferdinand Bd, Bucharest, Romania. stoicacristianioan@gmail.com.|University of Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila, 37 Dionisie Lupu Street, Bucharest, Romania. stoicacristianioan@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Ioan Cristian
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Stoica
authors.affiliation: Foisor Orthopaedics Clinical Hospital, 35-37 Ferdinand Bd, Bucharest, Romania.|University of Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila, 37 Dionisie Lupu Street, Bucharest, Romania.
authors.forename: Dinu
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Antonescu
authors.affiliation: Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, Romana Square 6, Bucharest, Romania.
authors.forename: Adrian
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pana
authors.affiliation: Foisor Orthopaedics Clinical Hospital, 35-37 Ferdinand Bd, Bucharest, Romania.|University of Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila, 37 Dionisie Lupu Street, Bucharest, Romania.
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mogos
authors.affiliation: Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg - Clinique d'Eich, 78, rue d Eich, 1460, Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
authors.forename: Romain
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Seil
mesh_terms: D001182:Arthroscopy / Q000266:history*; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D012383:Romania
keywords: European; Medicine; Romanian