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The Science, Art, and Commerce of Orthopaedic Trauma Implantology: How to Use This Book

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Implantology has evolved a lot over the decades from being an inexact science to offering the very latest in biological and patient-specific fixation options. In the 1960s, the AO-ASIF laid the foundation stone of modern orthopaedic trauma implant. The group brought about precision, standardization in the implant structure, and predictability in the surgical technique, converting an approximate discipline into an exact science. In this book, we coin the word “Orthopaedic Implantology”, and discuss in detail the evolution and principles of use of various implants region wise. We hope that this book will inspire the study of orthopaedic implantology as a separate subspecialty. We have delved into the reason orthopaedic implants have changed so much over the decades, the rationale behind the use of trauma implants, and the various types of implants (plates and screws, rigid nails, elastic nails, external fixators, cannulated screws, Kirchner wires, stainless steel wires and cables, prostheses, bone augmentation devices, etc.) that have dominated orthopaedic implant surgeries over the years.

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  1. Orthopaedic Surgery, NH Narayana Superspeciality and Multispeciality Hospitals, Howrah, West Bengal, India

    Arindam Banerjee

  2. Department of Orthopaedics, Sri Lakshmi Naryana Institute of Medical Sciences, Puducherry, India

    Saseendar Shanmugasundaram

  3. KPC Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

    Shiuli Dasgupta

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  2. Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany

    Peter Biberthaler

  3. Sri Lakshmi Narayana Institute of Medical Sciences, Puducherry, India

    Saseendar Shanmugasundaram

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Banerjee, A., Shanmugasundaram, S., Dasgupta, S. (2023). The Science, Art, and Commerce of Orthopaedic Trauma Implantology: How to Use This Book. In: Banerjee, A., Biberthaler, P., Shanmugasundaram, S. (eds) Handbook of Orthopaedic Trauma Implantology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7540-0_1

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