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During their 20 years of activity members of the Associa tion for
the Study of Internal Fixation (AO - ASIF) have made authoritative
contributions to the development of internal and external fixation.
The close collaboration of surgeons, basic researchers,
metallurgists, engineers and the establishment of clinical
documentation has made it possible to achieve a solid scientific
basis for internal fixa tion. Clear definitions for the
standardization of different types of osteosynthesis were possible:
interfragmentary compression, splintage and buttressing as well as
combina tions of these three techniques. At the same time a scienti
fic and workmanlike instrumentation was developed. The idea was to
keep diversification within limits but, however, to assemble a
comprehensive collection of implants and in struments to answer all
the problems presented by the com plexity of bone operations.
Osteosynthesis is a difficult and demanding operative method. Its.
claims on the surgeon and the theatre staff are high. Therefore
plans have existed for a long time to supplement the "Manual of
Internal Fixation" with a de tailed description of the AO
Instrumentation, its use and maintenance. Our collaborator FRIDOLIN
SEQUIN, graduate engineer, has accomplished this task with expert
knowledge. He has organized over many years courses for theatre
nurses and has been able from the resulting experience to provide
helpful suggestions. When RIGMOR TEXHAMMAR R. N. joined
AO-International four years ago, it was natural to include her as a
co-author."
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