David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, 432 Comstock Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA.
Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2010 Jun;468(6):1682-92. doi: 10.1007/s11999-009-1221-z. Epub 2010 Jan 13.
Orthopaedists make great use of eponymous equipment, however the origins of these tools are unknown to many users. This history enriches, enlightens, and enhances surgical education, and may inspire modern innovation.
QUESTIONS/PURPOSES: We explored the origins of common and eponymous orthopaedic equipment.
We selected pieces of equipment named for their inventors and in the broadest use by modern orthopaedists. We do not describe specialized orthopaedic implants and instruments owing to the overwhelming number of these devices.
The history of this equipment reflects the coevolution of orthopaedics and battlefield medicine. Additionally, these stories evidence the primacy of elegant design and suggest that innovation is often a process of revision and refinement rather than sudden inspiration. Their history exposes surgical innovators as brilliant, lucky, hardworking, and sometimes odd. These stories amuse, enlighten, and may inspire modern orthopaedists to develop creative solutions of their own.
The rich history of the field's eponymous instruments informs an ongoing tradition of innovation in orthopaedics.
矫形外科医生非常擅长使用以他们的名字命名的设备，然而许多用户并不知道这些工具的起源。这些历史丰富了、启发了并增强了外科教育，并可能激发现代创新。
问题/目的：我们探讨了常见的和以他们的名字命名的矫形外科设备的起源。
我们选择了一些以发明者命名并被现代矫形外科医生广泛使用的设备。我们没有描述专门的矫形植入物和器械，因为这些设备的数量太多了。
这些设备的历史反映了矫形外科和战场医学的共同发展。此外，这些故事证明了优雅设计的首要地位，并表明创新通常是一个修改和完善的过程，而不是突然的灵感。他们的历史使外科创新者变得聪明、幸运、勤奋，有时甚至古怪。这些故事令人愉快、启发灵感，并且可能激励现代矫形外科医生开发自己的创造性解决方案。
该领域以他们的名字命名的仪器的丰富历史为矫形外科的持续创新传统提供了信息。
