Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

The Masters of the Bolognese Orthopaedic School

  • Orthopaedic Heritage
  • Published:
International Orthopaedics Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Bologna is one of the most ancient cradles of medical knowledge, as the city hosts one of the oldest medical faculties in the world. Among its best known institutions there is the Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, founded in the late nineteenth century, whose history is strictly connected with the evolution and development of the Italian orthopaedic practice of the last 120 years. The present manuscript acknowledges the main contributions by Francesco Rizzoli, Alessandro Codivilla and Vittorio Putti, who prompted the foundation and the international recognition of the Rizzoli Institute and the related Bolognese Orthopaedic School.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3
Fig. 4
Fig. 5
Fig. 6
Fig. 7

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica (2016) University. Encyclopaedia Britannica. http://www.britannica.com/topic/university. Accessed 29 Feb 2016

  2. The Editors of UNIBO (2016) Alle origini della Scuola di Medicina. Scuola di Medicina e Chirurgia. http://www.medicina.unibo.it/it/scuola/alle-origini-della-scuola-di-medicina. Accessed 29 Feb 2016

  3. Bernabeo R, Brillante C (1988) La clinica ortopedica. In: Bernabeo R, D’Antuono G (eds) La scuola medica di bologna: settecento anni di storia, vol I. Firma Libri, Bologna, pp 157–159

    Google Scholar 

  4. Angeletti L, Gazzaniga V (2008) Storia, filosofia ed etica generale della medicina. Edizioni Edra, Milano, p 67

    Google Scholar 

  5. Mazzetti S (1840) Memorie storiche sopra l’Università e l’Istituto delle scienze di bologna. Tipi di Tommaso d’Acquino, Bologna, p 21

    Google Scholar 

  6. Mavrodi A, Paraskevas G (2014) Mondino de’ Liuzzi: a luminous figure in the darkness of the middle ages. Croat Med J 55:50–53. doi:10.3325/cmj.2014.55.507

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  7. Cola B (2011) La clinica chirurgica bolognese. Bononia University Press, Bologna, pp 24–84

    Google Scholar 

  8. Di Matteo B, Tarabella V, Filardo G, Viganò A, Tomba P, Bragonzoni L, Marcacci M (2015) Art in science: the stage of the human body--the anatomical theatre of Bologna. Clin Orthop Relat Res 473:1873–8. doi:10.1007/s11999-015-4288-8

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  9. Mazzola IC, Mazzola RF (2014) History of reconstructive rhinoplasty. Arch Facial Plast Surg 30:227–36. doi:10.1055/s-0034-1376868

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  10. Di Dio LJ (1995) Marcello Malpighi: the father of microscopic anatomy. Ital J Anat Embryol 100(1):3–9

    Google Scholar 

  11. Putti V (1939) Biografia di Francesco Rizzoli. Chir Organi Mov 25:942–45

    Google Scholar 

  12. Bernabeo RA (1981) Ricordo di Francesco Rizzoli (1809–1880) e di Vittorio Putti (1880–1940). Minerva Ortop 32:485–488

    Google Scholar 

  13. Di Matteo B, Tarabella V, Filardo G, Viganò A, Tomba P, Marcacci M (2013) John Rhea Barton: the birth of osteotomy. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 21:1957–62. doi:10.1007/s00167-013-2387-1

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  14. Delitalia F (1941) Dall’osteoclasta di Rizzoli alla vite di Putti. Chir Organi Mov 26:297–312

    Google Scholar 

  15. Spina N (2006) Alessandro Codivilla…negli aperti cieli dell’Ortopedia. Editoriale Quasar, Milano

    Google Scholar 

  16. Cioni A, Bertoli Barsotti AM (1996) The Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute in San Michele in Bosco. Istituti Ortopedici Rizzoli, Bologna, p 134

    Google Scholar 

  17. Codivilla A (1904) Sulla terapia dell’accorciamento nelle deformità dell’arto inferiore. Archivio di Ortopedia 21:370–397

    Google Scholar 

  18. Di Matteo B, Tarabella V, Filardo G, Tomba P, Viganò A, Marcacci M, Zaffagnini S (2015) A historical perspective on ankle ligaments reconstructive surgery. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 24:971–7. doi:10.1007/s00167-015-3945-5

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  19. Nicoli Aldini N, Angelini A, Pagani S, Bevoni R, Girolami M, Fini M (2014) Past and present of interposition arthroplasties for joint repair with special tribute to the contribution by Vittorio Putti. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. doi:10.1007/s00167-014-3428-0

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  20. Di Matteo B, Tarabella V, Filardo G, Viganò A, Tomba P, Marcacci M (2014) Postcards from the past: the third SICOT congress, Bologna 1936. Int Orthop 38:1745–50. doi:10.1007/s00264-013-2273-y

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank Liliana Draghetti (Donazione Putti, Biblioteche Scientifiche, Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute), Davide Puppini and Linda Accorsi for their help.

The present paper was supported by the following fund granted to Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute: “5‰ (5 per mille), anno 2012”.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. I Orthopaedic and Traumatologic Clinic - Biomechanics and Technology Innovation Laboratory, Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Via Di Barbiano,1/10, 40136, Bologna, Italy

    Berardo Di Matteo, Vittorio Tarabella, Giuseppe Filardo & Maurilio Marcacci

  2. Biblioteche Scientifiche IOR, Donazione Putti, Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna, Italy

    Patrizia Tomba & Anna Viganò

Authors
  1. Berardo Di Matteo
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Vittorio Tarabella
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Giuseppe Filardo
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Patrizia Tomba
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Anna Viganò
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  6. Maurilio Marcacci
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Berardo Di Matteo.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Di Matteo, B., Tarabella, V., Filardo, G. et al. The Masters of the Bolognese Orthopaedic School. International Orthopaedics (SICOT) 40, 2423–2428 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00264-016-3252-x

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00264-016-3252-x

Keywords

Search

Navigation