[History of orthopedic surgery in Belgrade--100 years of orthopedics in Serbia (1905-2005)].

The history of orthopedics in Serbia is related to a hand x-ray made in 1905 by dr. Nikola Krstić. The first orthopedic word was founded in 1919, to be enlarged into a full-fledged orthopedic surgical ward of the General State Hospital in 1932. Until 1941, the ward headed by Dr. Nikola Krstić. The Orthopedics course was headed by Dr. Borivoje Gradojević, who also wrote the first textbook in our country in 1934. In 1947, the ward became the Clinic for Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology in Belgrade which is the orthopedic basis of Serbia, together with the Special Orthopedic Surgery Hospital Banjica, even today.